Krosa (News Pulse/monitoring desk) tropical storm has made landfall in Japan after hundreds of flights were cancelled and most of the areas evacuated. The Storm hit the mainland on Thursday afternoon at the city of Kure in southern Japan.
According to local media that more than 400,000 people have advised to evacuate while many trains were halted and highways closed and almost 700 flights have been cancelled, affecting travel during the summer holiday season.
The weather agency said, that the storm had weakened from the previous days but still warned of torrential rainfall, mudslides and floods in the affected areas of the Pacific coast. It is expected to move north toward the Sea of Japan.