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Over 100,000 people in Japan ordered to evacuate as Typhoon Hinnamnor approaches A powerful typhoon hit southern Japan, bringing strong winds and flooding to the Okinawa Prefecture area, local media reported. According to existing data, about 55.5 thousand residents of the city of Miyakojima, located in Okinawa, received an order from local authorities to evacuate. Also, 49.6 thousand residents of the city of Ishigaki are called to leave their homes. The country's meteorological agency raised its preliminary warning from “very strong“ to “severe“ for Typhoon Hinnamnor and said it could bring strong winds and high tides to Okinawa, the news agency said. Hinnamnor formed in the Pacific Ocean as a tropical storm. The wind speed within the typhoon is 40 m/s with gusts up to 60 m/s. Now it is moving in a northerly direction near the southern Japanese islands. This week, Typhoon Hinnamnor became the most powerful tropical cyclone on Earth in 2022. The typhoon caused floodin
