https://www.foxnews.com/world/super-typhoon-haishen-likely-to-be-record-breaking-storm-for-japan-south-korea
By Julia Musto | Fox News
Sept. 5, 2020
Japanese residents braced for impact on Saturday as the powerful Super Typhoon Haishen barreled through unusually warm waters towards the Okinawa islands.
Weather officials have warned residents about torrential downpours and fiercely whipping winds from the storm, the second in a week, instructing them to take shelter and stock up on food and water.
With sustained winds up of up to 180 kilometers (112 miles) per hour, Haishen remains on course to make landfall in Okinawa by Sunday and reach the main southern island of Kyushu shortly afterward, according to the Japan Meteorological Agency.
The impact of the Category 5 typhoon will be felt in southern Japan long before its 36-mile-wide center reaches the coastline.
Okinawa is home to more than half of approximately 50,000 U.S. troops based in Japan under a bilateral treaty.
Haishen, whose name means “sea god” in Chinese, is also expected to slam the Korean Peninsula near Busan -- South Korea's second-largest city -- on Tuesday, according to The Associated Press. Recent measurements showed the system moving northward at 15 kph (9 mph).
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