Thousands of people have evacuated as the "super typhoon" brought strong wind and heavy rain over southern Japan. The storm is expected to reach Tokyo on Tuesday.
typhoon namnadol lashing japan at this hour. about 2 million have been ordered to evacuate the island of kyushu because of possible landslides. millions more are in the storm s path as it moves over japan. weather officials warn of violent winds, high waves, and storm surge. they say the typhoon could cause a large-scale disaster that happens once every few decades. in puerto rico, thousands are boarding up and stocking up as tropical storm fiona gets closer. a hurricane warning has been issued as forecasters expect the storm to strengthen by the time it passes over or near the island. they say life-threatening flooding and monday slides are possible the next several days. let s bring in cnn meteorologist derek van dam. people battening the hatches there. what can they expect? so i m going to talk about fiona in just a minute. but we have to touch on this earthquake that just occurred in
narrow valleys, either against hillsides or close to rivers, and that is the real threat. i don t think it is the wind. japan is well protected against winds and waves, it has strong shore defences, but you cannot protect against vast very torrential rains and if the rivers burst their banks or if there are landslides, people s property and people will be in peril tonight. how long until it is going to hit? it s hitting already. the rivers are rising. the rivers are rising in kyushu. the storm is set to move tonight across into the main island and it will weaken, as it moves away from the coast, but it is still carrying a huge amount of moisture and we think there will be very torrential rain all the way up to tokyo in the next 2a hours. rupert wingfield hayes. a strong earthquake has struck southeastern taiwan, bringing at least one building down
The weather agency issued rare "special warnings" for Kagoshima and Miyazaki prefectures alerts that are issued only when dangerous conditions seen once in several decades are forecast.
2 million people are ordered to evacuate the island of kyushu. millions are more in the storm s path why weather officials warn of winds, waves and a storm surge. we ll leave you this morning with a live look at london at the final day the public is going to be able to file in to pay respects to the queen. officials in london have asked people to stop coming to join the line. the wait is still more than is 14 hours long. remember, you don t want to miss any of coverage as the world mourns queen elizabeth ii. tune in to cnn. our coverage starts at 5:00 a.m. tomorrow. 5:00 a.m. right here on cnn. thank you for being with us this morn jg we hope you have a great sunday. always great to be with you. stay tuned.