Typhoon Lan pummeled western Japan on Tuesday, prompting native officers to challenge evacuation warnings, knocking out energy to 1000’s of properties, canceling a whole bunch of flights and disrupting summer season traditions like a nationwide baseball event.

Moving in from the Pacific Ocean, the tropical storm had most sustained winds of 67 miles per hour, with gusts of 89 m.p.h. on Tuesday morning. It first made landfall in Shionomisaki, on the southern tip of Wakayama Prefecture, simply earlier than 5 a.m., then got here ashore once more greater than hundred miles to the north, in Akashi, Hyogo Prefecture, at round 1 p.m.

As of three p.m. on Tuesday, greater than 50,000 properties had been with out energy. All industrial flights out of Kansai airport had been suspended for the day, with greater than 800 canceled nationwide. Train and bus providers within the area had additionally been suspended.

Tornado warnings had been issued for central Shizuoka Prefecture simply earlier than midday by the Japan Meteorological Agency, which warned of thunderstorms, wind gusts, and hail.

In two prefectures, Tottori and Okayama, rainfall in just a few hours exceeded the typical for the whole month of August. Record-breaking ranges of rain over a brief time period had been additionally recorded in Kyoto and Nara.

At least 20 folks had been injured throughout 5 prefectures, together with a person in his 60s, who was unconscious and in vital situation after the wall of a constructing collapsed on him.

Popular vacationer locations together with the Kyoto Imperial Palace and Universal Studios Japan in Osaka had been closed on Tuesday, and the Koshien, Japan’s nationwide highschool baseball event that’s adopted by thousands and thousands of followers annually, canceled all video games for the day.

With the storm approaching within the midst of a vacation, summer season fireworks and festivals had been additionally canceled. Hundreds of 24-hour comfort shops had been shut within the Kansai area, in an indication of the severity of the storm.

Typhoon Lan is forecast to maneuver northwest, reaching the Sea of Japan by Wednesday, earlier than heading north towards the far-east Russian island of Sakhalin. Its arrival comes on the heels of Typhoon Khanun, which ravaged the south of Japan earlier this month earlier than transferring towards the Korean Peninsula.