Japan Airlines cancelled 20 flights to and from Tokyo’s two airports on Sunday, and warned of more cancellations and delays. Inbound and outbound trains have also been suspended, according to reports.
The Meteorological Agency says that as of 12:00 a.m. the typhoon was moving north-northeast near Izu Oshima Island at a speed of 20 kilometers per hour.
Faxai has a central atmospheric pressure of 955 hectopascals, and is packing winds of up to 162 kilometers per hour with gusts of up to 216 kilometers per hour.
Winds of more than 90 kilometers per hour are blowing within 90 kilometers to the southeast of the storm's center, and within 70 kilometers to the northwest.
Shizuoka Prefecture, the Izu Islands, and the southern part of the Kanto region, including Tokyo, are within the storm zone.
Maximum instantaneous wind speed of 209 kilometers per hour was recorded in Kozushima Island shortly after 9:00 p.m. on Sunday.
A maximum instantaneous wind velocity of 174 kilometers per hour was also measured in Higash-Iizu Town in Shizuoka prefecture at around 11:30 p.m. Both figures are the highest on record for the region.
In the one-hour period up to 12:30 a.m., 108.5 millimeters of rain were recorded around Mount Amagi in Shizuoka Prefecture. About 110 millimeters of rain fell in areas near Izu City, Shizuoka Prefecture in the one hour up to 12:20 a.m. The agency said it was a record amount rainfall in such a short period of time.
A landslide alert has been issued for some areas in Shizuoka and Kanagawa prefectures and the Izu Islands.
Winds of up to 162 kilometers per hour are forecast for the Kanto region, Shizuoka Prefecture and the Izu Islands. 108 kilometers per hour are forecast for the Tohoku region on Monday.
Maximum instantaneous wind speeds of 216 kilometers per hour are also forecast for Kanto, Shizuoka and the Izu Islands. 162 kilometers per hour are expected for the northern Tohoku region.
The Izu Islands will have rough seas with 11-meter high waves. More than 80 millimeters per hour of rain are expected in the Kanto-Koshin region and Shizuoka Prefecture through early Monday morning.
Torrential rain is also forecast for the Tohoku region from dawn until mid-day on Monday. ■