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About eight million people have been told to evacuate areas of Japan that have been threatened by a nearby storm.
Typhoon Hashen expects heavy rains in the coming hours, heavy rains, hurricane conditions and winds of more than 100 MPF (160 km / h).
On the southwestern island of Kyushu, at least 142,000 homes are already without power.
Typhoon Kyushu will move forward later and a landfall is expected in South Korea on Monday.
The country has raised its typhoon warning to the highest level.
The aftermath of the Hashen Maisk comes days after the region’s strongest typhoon in years.
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Residents of coastal areas of southwestern Japan are tormented by hurricanes
Hash has closed factories, schools and businesses in western Japan. Hundreds of flights and train services have also been canceled.
The Japan Meteorological Agency has urged residents to take their “most serious precautions” for possible record rain and high waves on the coast.
Yoshihisa Nakamoto, director of the agency’s forecasting department, told reporters that the tide could cause flooding even in low-lying areas, especially around the mouth of the river.
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As a result of the storm, millions of people have been advised to move to designated shelters in places such as schools and community centers.
But local media reports that some people have chosen to seek safety in local hotels to reduce the risk of the coronavirus spreading to crowded public shelters.
In South Korea, the Central Disaster and Safety Countermeasure Headquarters raised the country’s typhoon warning level by four – the highest – at 19:00 (10:00 GMT) on Sunday.
The Korea Forest Service also issued a landslide warning at its highest level.
Its president, Park Chong-ho, told the Yonhap News Agency that “heavy damage is expected as these hurricanes are forecast to be more dangerous than previous hurricanes affecting South Korea soon after the end of the monsoon.”
Typhoon Hashen is forecast to move closer to Busan on Monday morning.
Typhoon has also forced Japan’s Coast Guard to suspend its search for missing sailors from a cargo ship that sank during Typhoon Mayask.
Gulf livestock 1 went missing on Wednesday when crew members took away 43 members and 1,000,000 cows.
Three crew members were rescued alive.
