TOKYO (Sputnik) — The Japanese authorities will evacuate about 48,000 people from the country's northeast as Lionrock typhoon is expected to make a landfall in the northern part of the country later on Tuesday, local media reported.
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The NHK broadcaster said that over 41,000 people are due to be evacuated from Iwate Prefecture.
The authorities plan to evacuate 5,070 people in Aomori and 1,887 other in Miyagi prefectures, according to Kyodo news agency.
Typhoon Lionrock has reportedly disrupted railway and air traffic on the island of Hokkaido with 20 trains and 110 flights to mainland Japan cancelled.
Lionrock, which emerged from the Pacific a week ago, is causing powerful storms and rains.
