A steadily approaching typhoon brought heavy rain and thunderstorms to the Kanto-Koshin region in eastern Japan and the Izu islands in the Pacific, the Meteorological Agency said Sunday.
Total rainfall since Saturday exceeded 200 mm in Tokyo's Tama region Sunday afternoon, and the agency issued warnings for landslides, flooding and lightning.
At 6 p.m. Sunday, Typhoon Sonamu, the season's 17th, with atmospheric pressures of 975 hectopascals at its center, was located some 230 km southeast of Choshi, Chiba Prefecture, and was moving northeast at about 45 km per hour, according to the agency.