Japan cancels flights, land travel ahead of Typhoon Ampil

<p style=";text-align:left;direction:ltr">Arab Weather - Japan has cancelled hundreds of flights and trains across the country as Typhoon Ampil approaches the archipelago. Typhoon Ampil is expected to hit the Tokyo area a few days after Tropical Storm Maria, which brought record rains late Thursday before sweeping the Pacific coast on Friday and Saturday.</p><p style=";text-align:left;direction:ltr"> Cyclone Ampil comes after Tropical Storm Maria at a time when Japan is experiencing a major holiday that extends for several days, during which millions of Japanese people take advantage of visiting their hometowns.</p><p style=";text-align:left;direction:ltr"> The Meteorological Agency warned residents of eastern regions of the possibility of violent storms, river floods, and landslides.</p><p style=";text-align:left;direction:ltr"></p><p style=";text-align:left;direction:ltr"></p><blockquote class="twitter-tweet" style=";text-align:left;direction:ltr"><p lang="en" style=";text-align:left;direction:ltr"> <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/Japan?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#Jap... halts transport services and cancels hundreds of flights as Typhoon Ampil approaches Tokyo, with heavy rain expected. The government is also set to lift a megaquake advisory. <a href="https://t.co/OifPyxAyau">https://t.co/OifPyxAyau</a></p> — Asia Pacific Studies (@Asyabulten) <a href="https://twitter.com/Asyabulten/status/1824020456577339537?ref_src=twsrc%... 15, 2024</a> </blockquote><script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script><p style=";text-align:left;direction:ltr"></p><p style=";text-align:left;direction:ltr"> See also:</p><p style=";text-align:left;direction:ltr"> <a href="https://www.arabiaweather.com/ar/content/%D8%AD%D8%B1%D8%A7%D8%A6%D9%82-... fires sweep Greece and Spain.. Authorities evacuate residents of dozens of villages</a></p><p style=";text-align:left;direction:ltr"> <a href="https://www.arabiaweather.com/ar/content/%D8%AC%D8%AF%D8%B1%D9%8A-%D8%A7... raises global concerns and anticipation of declaring a state of emergency</a></p><p style=";text-align:left;direction:ltr"></p>