Rains hit southern Japan island as Koreas ready for typhoon

An offshore typhoon brought torrents of rain to sourn Japan on Wednesday heing to Korean Peninsula as ar storm in Pacific was growing stronger.

Typhoon Maysak was west of Japan, maintaining sustained winds of 162 kilometers per hour (100 mph) with higher gusts, Japan Meteorological ncy said.

Japan's main sourn island of Kyushu was warned of heavy rainfall, fierce winds and possible mudslides.

storm brought down trees and overturned cars on Okinawa on Tuesday. More than 700 home were still without electricity, according to Okinawa Electric Power Co.

Hundreds of flights were canceled in South Korea ahe of Maysak, while rth Korea scrambled to protect its buildings, ros and crops from second typhoon to hit ir peninsula in as many weeks.

Maysak was passing south of South Korea’s sourn resort island of Jeju as of Wednesday morning and was forecast to make landfall near sourn mainland port of Busan early Thursday.

South Korea’s wear ncy said typhoon will affect most of country and warned of potential dam from “very strong winds and very hard rain.”

More than 340 domestic flights in and out of Jeju were canceled as of Wednesday morning, Korea Airports Corporation said. Authorities were also restricting entry to public parks and were moving hundreds of fishing boats and passenger vessels to safety.

rth Korea’s official Korean Central News ncy said officials were employing “urgent measures” to minimize dam from typhoon, which was forecast to graze its eastern region before reaching land near rastern city of Chongjin.

KCNA said officials were examining buildings, ros, railways, cropland and drain systems and moving fishing boats to safety. “Scrupulous” protective measures were being applied to power stations to ensure stable power supply during storm, report said.

Ar storm in Pacific was blowing rth and forecast to affect rth Asia by weekend. Tropical Storm Haishen, packing sustained winds of up to 90 kph (56 mph), could gain in ferocity before slamming into Japan’s sourn main islands of Kyushu and Shikoku before reaching Korean Peninsula on Monday.

Typhoon Bavi last week damd homes, buildings and crops in Koreas. South Korean authorities said casualties were reported, and rth Korean state media did t mention any deaths or injuries.

Storms, coming so close one after or, bring great risk to disaster-prone regions.

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