Fear in Japan for typhoon Nanmadol as it approaches the Kyushu region, southwest of the archipelago.
Over 4 million people evacuated , the order was spread at 11 local today, 4 in Italy.
The alarm concerns 4,030,000 residents belonging to 1.94 million households residing in different locations in the region: it is at a level of 4 on a maximum alert scale of 5.
Torrential rains, violent storm surges and gusts of wind up to 250 kilometers per hour have hit the area, the most affected prefectures are those of Kagoshima and Miyazaki.
This morning, the country's two main airlines, Ana and Japan Airlines, suspended over 500 flights and Shinkansen superfast train services were canceled between Hakata and Kumamoto.
According to the National Meteorological Agency (JMA), the region south of Kyushu is expected to rain at least 600 mm of rain until Monday morning .
(Unioneonline / L)