Malou crosses JapanTropical Storm Malou crossed the Japanese coast northeast of Kyoto, bringing heavy rain and winds of 74 kilometers (46 miles) per hour, before heading toward Tokyo and disrupting train services to the Japanese capital.
Malou’s center was near the city of Shizuoka southwest of Tokyo at 3 p.m. local time, Japan’s Meteorological Agency said. The storm weakened to a tropical depression and the agency didn’t give a forecast for its next expected location. Malou’s center was forecast to pass to the south of the capital after midnight today, the agency said in a previous advisory.
More than 10,000 households southwest of Tokyo were ordered or advised to evacuate, national broadcaster NHK Television reported. There were no immediate reports of casualties or serious damage. There were some reports of people being stranded by flash floods.
East Japan Railways Co. said on its website some services in and around the Japanese capital were disrupted by the storm. Bullet train services to the west of Tokyo resumed at reduced speed after being suspended earlier, Central Japan Railways Co. said on its website.
NHK showed images of flooded streets in Tokyo and other cities and towns nearby in its 5 p.m. bulletin. There were some disruptions to traffic on the main expressway between Tokyo and Nagoya, NHK said on its website.
Warnings were issued for landslides, heavy rain and flooding for central Honshu while lower-level advisories were posted for most of the island. The storm may dump more than 80 millimeters (2.3 inches) of rain per hour over mountainous areas west of Tokyo, the agency said.