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Typhoon Ampil is slamming Tokyo as the storm brushes by Japan's heavily populated eastern coastline with sustained winds of over 125 mph.
Ampil began as a tropical depression in the middle of the western Pacific, quickly moving north towards Japan. As it moved over extremely warm waters, the storm strengthened from a tropical storm with winds of 70 mph to a raging typhoon with winds of 100 mph in just one day, beginning to approach Japan as a strong typhoon on Wednesday. By Thursday, it had strengthened to 115 mph and ended up passing Tokyo with winds of 125 mph-- equivalent to that of a Category 3 hurricane in the Atlantic. The last system of equivalent strength to hit the Kanto region, where Tokyo is located, was Typhoon Faxai in 2016.
By Thursday, some winds and heavy rain from Ampil's outer bands began to impact the eastern coast of Japan, primarily the Tokyo metropolitan area and its surrounding cities. Thunderstorm advisories were put into place across the country's largest island of Honshu, stretching from the southern province of Shizuoka all the way up past the city of Sendai, located in the Miyagi province. Heavy rainfall warnings were put in place across the Tokyo area, and gale advisories were announced along all of Honshu's eastern coast.
Japan's two major airlines, Japan Airlines and All Nippon Airways, canceled a total of over 350 flights yesterday, while both Tokyo's biggest international airports, Haneda and Narita, topped yesterday's list of airports with the most canceled flights-- Haneda canceled 32% of all outbound flights and 49% of inbound flights while Narita canceled 22% of all outbound flights and 41% of inbound flights as the storms approached. Both airlines and both airports have already canceled hundreds more flights scheduled for today, which will heavily impact Japan's busy travel industry. In addition, Central Japan Railway, which primarily operates in the neighboring Chubu region, has shut down all of its major Shinkansen bullet train lines, the most popular of which travels between Tokyo and Osaka (through Nagoya), and East Japan Railway Company has shut down many of its train lines as well. Shipping has also been impacted, with cargo ships and ferries told to leave Tokyo Bay yesterday for calmer waters before the storm arrived.
Ampil is currently brushing by Tokyo with heavy rain, with widespread totals of up to 8 inches expected, and serious winds as the storm gets closer. Soon after passing the Kanto region, the system will curve northeast and weaken into a Category 1 as it moves farther away from Honshu, eventually fizzling out in the middle of the Pacific.
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