Northeast Japan remains on alert for storm Maria and another typhoon

The northeast of Japan The meteorological alert continues this Tuesday due to the passage of Typhoon Maria, which continued to leave heavy rains despite its intensity having been lowered to a tropical depression, while another typhoon approaches the Japanese archipelago.

The meteorological phenomenon named Maria, the fifth typhoon of the season in the Pacific, caused new floods and landslides on Tuesday in the towns of Kuji and Hirono, in the northern prefecture of Iwate, according to local authorities.

So far, there have been no reports of casualties or damage to homes near the riverbeds where the floods occurred, areas where access has been restricted to prevent accidents.

The Japan Meteorological Agency (JMA) today maintained the alert in Iwate, Miyagi and Yamagata due to the risk of flooding, landslides and rising rivers due to the front, which in the previous days left record rainfall in northeastern Japan.

Northeast Japan

Typhoon Maria gradually lost strength as it crossed north-east of Honshu, the main island of the Japanese archipelago, on Monday, and was downgraded to a tropical storm. On Tuesday, having become a tropical depression, it moved away from the north-western coasts through the Sea of ​​Japan.

Northeast Japan

The JMA also forecasts that another typhoon, the seventh of the season, called Ampil, will approach the Japanese archipelago. This Tuesday it is categorized as a tropical depression and is located in the Pacific southwest of the country.

Ampil is moving north and will approach the remote Ogasawara Islands on Wednesday, and then the Izu Islands south of Tokyo, a path that if it continues in this direction could take it to land in the central part of the Japanese archipelago between Thursday and Friday, according to the JMA.

The Japanese agency expects the typhoon to gain in intensity in the coming hours. At the moment, the phenomenon has a central atmospheric pressure of 985 hectopascals, causes wind gusts of up to 108 kilometers per hour and can leave up to 120 millimeters of rain in one day, according to data from the JMA.

EFE