Schools are closed. People must stay home.
A strong storm reached Japan on Tuesday.
Many schools are closed.
People should stay inside. The government says this is not safe weather.
The storm has strong wind and heavy rain. It will move north on Wednesday.
Schools and businesses are closed because of dangerous weather.
A powerful storm reached Japan on Tuesday morning, bringing strong wind and heavy rain to the south of the country.
Many schools and businesses were closed because of the bad weather, and thousands of people were told to stay inside their homes.
The government says the storm is dangerous and is asking everyone to be careful near rivers and the coast.
Forecasters expect the storm to move north during the day on Wednesday, bringing rain to more cities before it weakens.
Authorities close schools and businesses as the system brings destructive wind and rain.
A powerful storm made landfall in southern Japan early on Tuesday, bringing destructive wind gusts and heavy rainfall that forced schools and many businesses to close for the day.
Local authorities urged residents to stay indoors, warning that flooding and falling debris posed a serious risk in low-lying and coastal areas.
Emergency services said several flights had been cancelled and train services suspended as a precaution, though no major injuries had been reported by Tuesday evening.
Meteorologists expect the system to track northward through Wednesday, gradually losing strength as it moves away from the coast, but they warned that heavy rain could still cause localized flooding further inland.