Country on alert ahead of Typhoon Shanshan

Winds are already reaching 140 km/h in Kagoshima (Japan) and are starting to cause a lot of damage. Buildings have collapsed, blown away by the gusts. Many roads are cut off. The landslide has buried a house, and two people are still missing. Nearly 870,000 Japanese are asked to evacuate.

Many people rushed to supermarkets to stock up on food.I came to buy dairy products, but they were all gone.“, laments a woman. The typhoon will hit the Japanese coast on Thursday, August 29. Downgraded to level 3 out of 5, it is expected to weaken further to level 2.

More than violent gusts, authorities fear torrential rains and severe flooding. Satoshi Sugimoto, director of the forecasting division of the Japan Meteorological Agency, warned of “storm surges of unprecedented magnitude“.