TOKYO (WAM)
Typhoon Bebinca was expected to near Japan's southwestern island region of Amami on Saturday evening, Japan's weather agency said, warning of strong winds, landslides, flooding and high tides.
In a statement carried by Kyodo News, the Japan Meteorological Agency said the season's 13th typhoon could also bring violent winds and rough seas to the country's southern island prefecture of Okinawa.
As of 06:00 JST, the typhoon was located about 90 kilometres east of Minamidaito Island and was moving west-northwest at around 30 kilometres per hour with winds of up to 126 kph and an atmospheric pressure of 985 hectopascals at its centre, according to the agency.
It forecast winds of up to 162 kph in Amami and 126 kph in Okinawa on Saturday, with waves of up to 8 metres in Amami, 7 metres in the southern Kyushu region in the country's southwest and 6 metres in Okinawa.
Rainfall in the 24 hours through 06:00 JST Sunday was expected to reach 150 millimetres in parts of southern Kyushu and Amami, and 100 mm in Okinawa.