Japan has urged nearly three million residents to evacuate as powerful Typhoon Nanmadol churned towards the southwestern region
Thousands of people have taken to shelters in southwestern Japan as powerful Typhoon Nanmadol churned towards the region.
"Maximum caution is required," Ryuta Kurora, head of the JMA's forecast unit said on Saturday. "It's a very dangerous typhoon". By Sunday morning, 25,680 households in Kagoshima and neighbouring Miyazaki were already without power, while regional train services, flights and ferry runs were cancelled until the passage of the storm, local utilities and transport services said.
But they are not mandatory, and during past extreme weather events authorities have struggled to convince residents to take shelter quickly enough.
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