Melor affects the south of Japan
The 18th typhoon of the Northwest Pacific season is affecting southern parts of Japan with heavy rain and strong winds.
Melor is expected to make landfall south of Kyoto later on Wednesday, as a category one storm with sustained winds around 100mph (155km/h).
It will be the first tropical cyclone to make landfall in Japan since Typhoon Fitow in September 2007.
No typhoon made landfall in Japan last year for the first time in eight years.
The strong winds associated with Typhoon Melor have already left over ten thousand homes without electricity in Okinawa, Amami-Oshima and other southern islands.
Flights and ferry services have also been disrupted or cancelled.
The eye of Melor is forecast to track across the Japanese island of Honshu, passing north of Tokyo.
Rainfall totals of around 500 millimetres (20 inches) have been forecast by the Japanese Meteorological Agency.
Melor is expected to weaken to a tropical storm before moving back out over the Pacific Ocean south of Hokkaido, where it will become an extra-tropical system over open water later on Thursday.
Meanwhile, Tropical Storm Parma remains slow-moving over the Philippine island of Luzon.
Although weakened, Parma is still bringing heavy rain across the northern Philippines, and the government is warning residents to be aware of landslides and further flooding.
The 18th typhoon of the Northwest Pacific season is affecting southern parts of Japan with heavy rain and strong winds.
Melor is expected to make landfall south of Kyoto later on Wednesday, as a category one storm with sustained winds around 100mph (155km/h).
It will be the first tropical cyclone to make landfall in Japan since Typhoon Fitow in September 2007.
No typhoon made landfall in Japan last year for the first time in eight years.
The strong winds associated with Typhoon Melor have already left over ten thousand homes without electricity in Okinawa, Amami-Oshima and other southern islands.
Flights and ferry services have also been disrupted or cancelled.
The eye of Melor is forecast to track across the Japanese island of Honshu, passing north of Tokyo.
Rainfall totals of around 500 millimetres (20 inches) have been forecast by the Japanese Meteorological Agency.
Melor is expected to weaken to a tropical storm before moving back out over the Pacific Ocean south of Hokkaido, where it will become an extra-tropical system over open water later on Thursday.
Meanwhile, Tropical Storm Parma remains slow-moving over the Philippine island of Luzon.
Although weakened, Parma is still bringing heavy rain across the northern Philippines, and the government is warning residents to be aware of landslides and further flooding.
