The forecasted path of Typhoon Mirinae is shown as of 6 p.m. on Aug. 7, 2021. (Image from the Japan Meteorological Agency website)

       TOKYO -- Typhoon Mirinae, located south of Japan and moving north on the evening of Aug. 7, is expected to approach the country's eastern area between the night of Aug. 7 and the following morning, and could bring heavy rain mainly to the Pacific side of the country, the Japan Meteorological Agency (JMA) said.

       The agency warns that the typhoon could trigger rough weather mainly to the Pacific side of eastern Japan, and is calling for people to be on their guard against high waves, landslides, flooding in low-lying areas, high river levels and strong winds as the typhoon approaches.

       As of 6 p.m. on Aug. 7, Typhoon Mirinae, the year's 10th tropical storm, was located about 250 kilometers southwest of Hachijojima, an island south of Tokyo, and was moving north at a speed of about 25 kilometers per hour, the agency said. It had a central atmospheric pressure of 990 hectopascals and was packing winds of up to 20 meters per second (72 kph) with gusts of up to 30 m/s (108 kph).

       The center of the typhoon is expected to be located some 130 kilometers south-southeast of Izu Oshima Island south of Tokyo, at 6 a.m. on Aug. 8, and about 220 kilometers east of the coastal city of Choshi in the eastern Japan prefecture of Chiba at 6 p.m. that day.

       Over the period through Aug. 8, the typhoon could deliver sustained winds of up to 23 m/s (82.8 kph) to the Kanto-Koshin region that includes Tokyo, 18 m/s (72 kph) to the Tokai region in central Japan, and 15 m/s (54 kph) to northeastern Japan's Tohoku region.

       The typhoon is forecast to bring a maximum of 180 millimeters of rain to the Kanto-Koshin region and 120 mm of rainfall to the Tokai region in the 24 hours through 6 p.m. on Aug. 8.

       (Mainichi)

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