Japan - Tropical Cyclone ETAU

Tue, 08 Sep 2015 03:43:00 +02:00

ETAU continued moving north-northwest over the northern Pacific Ocean intensifying. On 8 September at 0.00 UTC its centre was located approx. 715 km south of Wakayama prefecture, Honshu island and it had max. sustained wind speed of 83 km/h (Tropical Storm).
Over the next 24 h it will continue moving north intensifying. It probably will approach Mie prefecture, southern Honshu island on 9 September early morning as a Tropical Storm.
Heavy rain has already been affecting several areas of southern Honshu island. As of 8 September, evacuations have been instructed in Hamamatsu, Shizuoka prefecture.
As of 8 September, the Japanese Meteorological Agency has issued a Red Warning for heavy rain for several areas of Mie, Aichi, Shizuoka and Kanagawa prefectures and a Red Warning for flood for several areas of Shizuoka prefecture. According to JRC calculations storm surge of the order of 0.7m may affect the coasts of northern and western Ise Bay in the morning of 9 September.