Mawar to approach Japan's Okinawa Prefecture this week

Kyodo News

<div class="embed-wrap"><figure data-feedback="fb:likes,fb:comments"><img alt="Typhoon Mawar nears the Philippines. Imagery courtesy of the Japanese Meteorological Agency" src="https://sa.kapamilya.com/absnews/abscbnnews/media/2023/overseas/05/29/mawar.jpg"/><figcaption>Typhoon Mawar nears the Philippines.<em> Imagery courtesy of the Japanese Meteorological Agency</em></figcaption></figure></div><p>TOKYO - Powerful Typhoon Mawar is forecast to approach the southwestern part of Japan&#x27;s Okinawa Prefecture later this week, with the country&#x27;s weather agency warning of high tides and violent winds in the Sakishima Islands from Monday.</p><p>The typhoon was moving northwest from the east of the Philippines at around 10 kilometers per hour as of 9 a.m. on Monday, according to the Japan Meteorological Agency.</p><ul class="op-related-articles">	<li><a href="https://news.abs-cbn.com/news/05/29/23/floods-landslides-possible-due-to-betty-pagasa">Betty may trigger floods, landslides; wind signals up in several areas</a></li></ul><p>It was packing winds of up to 216 kph and had an atmospheric pressure of 950 hectopascals at its center.</p><p>It is expected to approach the Sakishima Islands off the main island of Okinawa from Wednesday.</p><p>The weather agency said that tides on Monday could be as high as 5 meters on the main island of Okinawa and 7 meters near the Sakishima Islands.</p><p>It also forecast that gusts could reach 90 kph on the main island of Okinawa and 108 kph in the Sakishima Islands.</p><div><strong>==Kyodo</strong></div>

Powerful Typhoon Mawar is forecast to approach the southwestern part of Japan's Okinawa Prefecture later this week.

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Mawar to approach Japan's Okinawa Prefecture this week

Mawar to approach Japan's Okinawa Prefecture this week

Kyodo News

Published May 29, 2023 02:17 PM PHT

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