Typhoon Hagibis, which means "speed" in the Philippine language Tagalog, is due to make landfall on Japan's main island of Honshu late on Saturday, threatening to flood low-lying Tokyo as it is coincides with high tide. "We are seeing unprecedented rain," an agency official told a news conference carried by public broadcaster NHK. If the typhoon hits Tokyo when the tide is high, that could cause storm surges and that would be the scariest scenario," he said. This general view shows damaged homes caused by strong wind brought by Typhoon Hagibis in Ichihara, Chiba prefecture.-AFPThe Defence Ministry set up a new Twitter account to disseminate information on disaster relief efforts. Typhoon Ida, known as the "Kanogawa Typhoon" in Japanese, killed more than 1,000 people in 1958.

Source: New Strait Times October 12, 2019 08:48 UTC