TOKYO (AFP) – Residents of a southern Japanese island were warned yesterday of possible landslides as a strong typhoon approached China’s heavily populated eastern seaboard.
Typhoon Bebinca passed through Japan’s Amami island overnight through yesterday, packing gusts of up to 198 kilometres per hour, the Japan Meteorological Agency (JMA) said.
“In the Amami region, the risk of landslides has increased due to the heavy rainfall until now,” the JMA said.
Bebinca was forecast to make landfall near Shanghai overnight, according to the forecaster’s website.
The storm was expected to weaken to a tropical storm, with heavy rain and thunderstorms in some southern regions of Japan, it added.
