Typhoon Nari makes landfall over Japan's Hokkaido
The fifth typhoon of the year made landfall near Cape Erimo at the southern tip of Hokkaido at around 2am local time, also marking the first to make landfall in Hokkaido during July since records began in 1951, the weather agency said.
The system, which formed over the weekend around 200km south of Chichijima Island in the Pacific, moved along the eastern side of the Japanese archipelago before approaching Hokkaido, and turned into an extratropical cyclone at 9am local time.
Weather officials called on residents to remain vigilant against strong winds in Hokkaido, with maximum speeds of up to 87.48 km per hour recorded in the city of Kushiro. - Bernama-Xinhua
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