Faxai

As of midday on Friday, residents had not yet sought cover, although 44 people who left their homes last month during Typhoon Faxai were still living in shelters.

Debris from houses damaged by Typhoon Faxai is piled up on a street in Kyonan, Chiba Prefecture, on Sunday.

Extreme weather has already caused minor disruption at the World Cup when Typhoon Faxai barrelled into Japan less than two weeks before the start, affecting the travel plans of England and Australia.

Hagibis followed another strong typhoon, Faxai, which hit Japan last month, causing heavy damage in Chiba prefecture.

Hagibis is bearing down on the region just weeks after another powerful storm, Typhoon Faxai, hit the area with similar strength, killing two and causing major damage in Chiba, east of the capital.

Last week, Takeba was contemplating the damage done by Typhoon Faxai, which ripped through the area on Sept. 9, devastating the loquat-growing industry, damaging homes and businesses and leaving residents without electricity for over two weeks.

Pierside, CFAY’s Port Operations Department also is bringing forward what was learned from Typhoon Faxai and putting in extra hours to prepare.

Typhoon Faxai hit the capital and surrounding regions with destructive winds of up to 216km/h in the early hours of Monday morning, causing at least one death, damage, transport chaos and power outages.

Typhoon Faxai surpassed Typhoon Higos for the strongest sustained wind speed at landfall in the region and tied with 1958’s Typhoon Helen for the lowest recorded central pressure, according to AIR.

Typhoon Faxai, the 15th typhoon of this year, struck the prefecture early Monday.

Typhoon Hagibis is expected to pass over or close to Chiba prefecture, which was hit hard by typhoon Faxai a month ago.