NewsTyphoon in Japan: weather service warns of "unprecedented" danger...

Typhoon in Japan: weather service warns of "unprecedented" danger – while tsunami warning for Taiwan

Created: 09/18/2022 Updated: 09/18/2022, 3:51 p.m

The weather services have issued the highest warning levels for Japan and Taiwan. In Japan because of a typhoon, in Taiwan because of an earthquake. There is a tsunami warning.

Update from September 18, 3:29 p.m .: In a 6.8 magnitude earthquake in Taiwan on Sunday, numerous houses collapsed, there were dead and injured. A worker died at a cement plant when he was hit by a falling dust filter, the Taipei Crisis Center said on Sunday. It had previously been reported of people trapped in a collapsed supermarket in eastern Hualien County. It has now become known that four of the trapped people were injured and taken to the hospital.

An unusually violent typhoon hits Japan

First report: Taipei – Several weather phenomena in the East China Sea caused warnings on Sunday (September 18). Two earthquakes in Taiwan triggered a tsunami warning. Houses and roads were damaged. A landslide occurred. Meanwhile, southern Japan was hit by a typhoon. The weather service warns of “unprecedented dangers”. The situation at a glance.

Typhoon in Japan: weather service warns of “unprecedented” danger

An unusually violent typhoon has hit southern Japan with strong squalls and heavy rain. On Sunday (local time), the 14th typhoon of the season made landfall on the southwestern main island of Kyushu near the city of Kagoshima. Thousands of residents had to seek shelter from the storms, authorities asked more than four million residents to leave their homes, 98,000 households were said to be without electricity, and train and air traffic was affected.

The weather service JMA warned of an “unprecedented” danger and a “very dangerous typhoon”. “Extreme caution is required,” said a spokesman. As reported by the Tagesschau , wind speeds of up to 250 km/h were expected. Prime Minister Fumio Kishida urged residents on Twitter to “stay away from dangerous places” and – even in daylight – to get to safety as soon as they “feel the slightest danger”.

In Japan wurde im Zuge des Taifuns vor hohem Wellengang und Erdrutschen gewarnt. Aufnahmen aus Izumi, Kagoshima.
In Japan, the typhoon warned of high waves and landslides. Recordings from Izumi, Kagoshima. © Yuichi Yamazaki/AFP

The Japanese television station NHK reported isolated injuries, but there were initially no reports of major damage or fatalities. Warnings were given of high waves and landslides as a result of the heavy rainfall. The slowly moving hurricane is likely to head north-east after the weekend and also cause heavy rain on the main island of Honshu with the capital Tokyo. At the beginning of September there were already deaths and power outages due to a typhoon in South Korea.

Taiwan: Earthquake and tsunami warning – tremors felt as far away as China

Meanwhile, a major earthquake struck off the east coast of Taiwan on Sunday. It had a magnitude of 6.8. Houses and roads were badly damaged. A bridge collapsed in Yuli. A landslide blocked a road. According to media reports, an initially unknown number of people were trapped in a collapsed three-story supermarket in eastern Hualien County. There was initially no information about other victims. Rail traffic has been temporarily suspended. A train derailed. Elevators in tall buildings stopped.

Japan temporarily issued a tsunami warning for Okinawa and other southern islands. The tremors were felt as far away as the capital, Taipei. The state earthquake observation center China Earthquake Networks Center reported clearly noticeable shaking in the coastal areas up to Shanghai.

Bei einem Erdbeben in Taiwan am Sonntag stürzten unter anderem Häuser ein. Für einige Inseln gilt eine Tsunami-Warnung. Eine Aufnahme aus dem Stadtgebiet Yuli.
Houses collapsed in an earthquake in Taiwan on Sunday. A tsunami warning applies to some islands. A recording from the Yuli urban area. © Taitung County Fire Bureau/AFP

There was already an earthquake on the east coast of Taiwan in the same region on Saturday. However, it was less strong with a magnitude of 6.6. Taiwan is regularly shaken by earthquakes. In Taiwan itself, tsunami warnings are only issued from an earthquake magnitude of 7.0. Rainfall is also currently causing floods and landslides in Europe. Eleven people died in Italy. A mother’s child was torn from her arms in the floods. In Germany there is a risk of frost for the first time this autumn. (chd/AFP/dpa)

Schedules of the Valencia GP of MotoGP in Cheste and how to see it

The Cheste circuit hosts this weekend, from November 4 to 6, the 2022 MotoGP Comunitat Valenciana GP. See the schedules and all the information.

"Don't talk to me!": Danni Büchner makes a clear announcement to hated party guests

Danni Büchner is invited to Sam Dylan's Halloween party. But the "Goodbye Germany" emigrant has no desire for many other party guests. And find clear words.

King Charles III Portrait now on the first coin: Serious change to the Queen

Charles III first coins with his portrait are there. Coin lovers immediately discover two striking differences.

Unknown colourfulness

Bird Species Discovered on Islands in Indonesia

Braking was tricky

Apart from that, everything worked like a picture book for the railway world record in Switzerland

More