Tropical Storm Peipah made landfall in western Japan on Friday, prompting the Japan Meteorological Agency to warn people in many areas of landslides and other disasters from torrential rain.
The 15th named storm of the year made landfall near the city of Sukumo, Kochi Prefecture, at around 1 a.m. The tropical storm then traveled east along the Pacific coast and made landfall again on the northern part of Wakayama Prefecture at around 9 a.m. and crossed the Kii Peninsula.
Toward Friday evening, Tropical Storm Peipah is expected to travel near the coast of the Tokai region and move to areas off the Kanto region.
With heavy rains seen hitting wide areas of the country, from the Kinki region to Tohoku, the agency called for caution against landslides, flooding in low-lying areas and swollen rivers. Linear precipitation zones, or strings of rain clouds that often bring torrential rain, may form in a number of areas, it said.
Rainfall reached some 100 millimeters in one hour until 4 a.m. Friday near the town of Onagawa, Miyagi Prefecture. The village of Shimokitayama in Nara Prefecture recorded rainfall of 84.5 millimeters in one hour until 2:50 a.m. and 267 millimeters in the 12 hours through 9:20 a.m.
A maximum instantaneous wind speed of 94 kilometers per hour was logged at Cape Muroto in the city of Muroto in Kochi Prefecture past 4:40 a.m.
As of 11 a.m. Friday, Tropical Storm Peipah was traveling east-northeast at a speed of 50 kph near the city of Ise in Mie Prefecture, with a central atmospheric pressure of 1,000 hectopascals, a maximum wind speed of 65 kph and a maximum instantaneous wind speed of 90 kph.
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