So far, bullet train services have been suspended, more than 1,000 flights have been cancelled and Tokyo’s evening train services have also been halted as a result.
Japan cannot seem to catch a break these days. After Typhoon Jebi and the Hokkaido earthquake, Japan’s mainland was once again pounded by Typhoon Trami over the weekend. The typhoon had already injured dozens on outlying islands, bringing transport grinding to a halt and triggering warnings of fierce winds, torrential rain, landslides and floods, according to a report on Straits Times.
So far, bullet train services have been suspended, more than 1,000 flights have been cancelled and Tokyo’s evening train services have also been halted as a result.
The storm made landfall at Tanabe city, south of the western city of Osaka, at around 8pm local time (7pm Singapore), according to Japan’s Meteorological Agency. The storm’s eye was forecast to move near the city of Osaka before shooting across the Japanese archipelago later on, likely to hit areas that are still recovering from the recent spat of natural disasters in recent months.
Osaka’s Kansai Airport, which suffered extensive damage in a storm earlier in September, closed a total of two runways in anticipation of Typhoon Trami. Officials piled up sandbags to avoid a repeat of flooding, which washed over nearly all the runways at the airport last month.