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Tropical Storm Nepartak heads toward Tuesday evening landfall in Japan
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Tropical Storm Nepartak was sitting off the eastern coast of Japan on July 26 and is expected to make landfall on Honshu
By Hannah Gard and Taylor Ward, CNN
Tropical Storm Nepartak was sitting off the eastern coast of Japan on Monday night and is expected to make landfall on Honshu, the largest island, on Tuesday night local time.
The storm could impact the Olympic Games as it brings up to 150 mm (5.9 inches) of rain to some regions over the next few days.
Sustained winds at 74 kph (46 mph) and gusts up to 92 kph (57 mph) have been recorded with the storm. Nepartak is forecast to weaken slightly to 65 kph (40 mph) sustained winds prior to landfall. The storm is currently being categorized as sub-tropical, meaning the strongest winds won’t be just consolidated near the center of the storm, but rather can extend farther out from the center.
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Tropical trouble looms for China and Japan
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By Jackson Dill, CNN
A weakening In-fa is beginning to track away from the southern Japanese islands but has its eye set on eastern China by the end of this weekend. The storm could bring extremely heavy rainfall to millions in China.
And behind In-fa, there is a growing tropical threat from newly named Tropical Storm Nepartak for northern and central parts of Japan, which could potentially impact the Olympic Games by early next week.
In-fa is currently located about 275 kilometers (170 miles) west-southwest
from Okinawa and is moving northwest. The storm has been a typhoon for much of this week but has now weakened to a strong tropical storm, with winds up to 110 kph (70 mph) near its center, as of the 5 p.m. ET update from the Joint Typhoon Warning Center.