The latest typhoon information from the Japan Meteorological Agency on July 15 said that Typhoon Nari had swept across the coast of Hokkaido, marking the first time a typhoon has made landfall on the mainland of northern Japan since 2016.
The storm bulletin said that Nari made landfall near the Erimo Cape in the southern tip of Hokkaido at around 2am on July 15. After making landfall, storm Nari weakened.
However, the Japan Meteorological Agency continues to warn of strong winds in Hokkaido, with maximum sustained winds of up to 87.48 km/h recorded in Kushiro city.
The Nari, which formed over the weekend, moved about 200km south of Chichijima in the Pacific Ocean along the east coast of the Japanese archipelago before making landfall in Hokkaido.
This is also the first typhoon to hit Hokkaido in July since Japan began collecting data in 1951.
Shortly after Typhoon Nari made landfall in Japan, a new storm continued to appear, according to the latest typhoon report from the US Navy's Joint Typhoon Warning Center (JTWC).
The typhoon, named 08W by the JTWC, is 657km south of Yokosuka, Japan. Storm 08W had been moving north at a speed of 41 km/h for the previous 6 hours. JTWC forecasters said that 08W will have a parallel path with the path of storm Nari.
