More than 1.6 million people in six prefectures in southwestern Japan have been ordered to evacuate immediately as Typhoon Haishen threatens to hit the region.
As of 8:30 a.m. Monday, evacuation orders were issued to Fukuoka Prefecture, Saga Prefecture, Nagasaki Prefecture, Kumamoto Prefecture, Oita Prefecture, and Kagoshima Prefecture.
Japanese authorities confirmed 451 new coronavirus infections across Japan on Sunday.
The total number of cases in the country now stands at 72,751.
A powerful typhoon, possibly the strongest in decades, is battering Japan's southwest.
Typhoon Haishen is expected to draw very close to the southern main island of Kyushu through Monday morning. Authorities are calling on people to stay on the highest alert and evacuate promptly if advised to do so.
A powerful typhoon, possibly the strongest in decades, is battering the country's southwest.
As Typhoon Haishen draws closer, authorities are warning of potentially record rainfall, unprecedented wind, high tides and large ocean swells.
A powerful typhoon, possibly the strongest in decades, is battering the country's southwest.
As Typhoon Haishen draws closer, authorities are warning of potentially record rainfall, unprecedented wind, high tides and large ocean swells.
Japanese airline and train companies say they will cancel many of their services in southwestern Japan through Monday as Typhoon Haishen approaches the area.
Airline companies have canceled 528 flights for Sunday, mostly to and from the southern parts of Kyushu and Okinawa. They include 158 flights of All Nippon Airways and 136 of Japan Airlines.
The Japan Para Athletics Championships opened on Saturday in Kumagaya, Saitama Prefecture, near Tokyo, with measures against the coronavirus in place.
The two-day event was originally scheduled for May but was postponed due to the pandemic.
The Japan Para Athletics Championships opened on Saturday in Kumagaya, Saitama Prefecture, near Tokyo, with measures against the coronavirus in place.
The two-day event was originally scheduled for May but was postponed due to the pandemic.
What could be the most powerful typhoon in decades is threatening the country's southwest.
Weather officials expect the typhoon to develop to emergency-warning level as it approaches or makes landfall in the Kyushu region from Sunday to Monday.
Japan's Meteorological Agency says a powerful typhoon that's on course to hit the southwest of the country could make landfall at close to full strength. Typhoon Haishen is forecast to hit the island of Kyushu on Sunday or Monday.
Weather officials are urging people to take shelter in a safe place before the typhoon lands.
Japan's Meteorological Agency says a powerful typhoon could make landfall in the southwestern island of Kyushu at close to full strength on Sunday or Monday.
Weather officials are urging people to take shelter in a safe place before Typhoon Haishen approaches.
Michael Taylor
People in southwestern Japan are preparing for a powerful typhoon that may become one of the strongest storms to hit Japan in decades.
Haishen could make landfall at close to full strength Sunday or Monday. Weather officials are calling on people to prepare with the utmost caution.
Japan's Meteorological Agency is warning that a powerful typhoon will approach or land in the country's main southwestern island of Kyushu at close to full strength between Sunday and Monday.
Weather officials are calling on people to start preparing as soon as possible for Typhoon Haishen.