Japan Braces for Powerful Typhoon Haishen, Possible Record Rainfall

Japan is bracing for powerful Typhoon Haishen as it bears down on the country’s southwest.

High waves triggered by Typhoon Haishen crash against the coast of Amami Oshima island, Kagoshima prefecture, Japan on Sept. 5, 2020. Kyodo via Reuters)

TOKYO—Japan is bracing for powerful Typhoon Haishen as it bears down on the country’s southwest, with weather forecasters warning of potential record rainfall, violent wind, high waves and tides.

The Japan Meteorological Agency has urged residents of Okinawa and Kyushu to exercise maximum caution as Typhoon Haishen was on course to approach Okinawa by Sunday and the main southern island of Kyushu afterwards.