Illustration. Hurricane satellite image
TOKYO - Dozens of people were injured and more than 100 flights were cancelled when Typhoon Ma-On hit South of the Japan, Wednesday (7/20/2011). Weather experts say that the Japan, the Typhoon was accompanied by heavy rains.
With wind speeds up to 180 kilometers per hour, the storm dropped of rain in southwestern Shikoku Tuesday night, which brings together 120 centimetres of rain since Sunday, the Meteorological Agency Japan said.
Ma-On, the name of a mountain in Hong Kong, located about 40 km west of Perfektur Wakayama, some 450 kilometres from Tokyo, is slowly moving eastward at a speed of 15 miles an hour Wednesday morning, he said.
Meteorological Agency warns that in the area of the East coast of the sea has been affected by a few months after the tsunami will be affected by the heavy rains that could reach 20 cm per day until Thursday morning. Conditions that may be causing landslides and floods in the region.
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