Seoul (CNN)Two powerful typhoons are hurtling toward the Korean Peninsula, threatening to bring more flooding and devastation to an area that has already been battered by one of the wettest monsoon seasons in recent history.
Typhoon Maysak -- which is currently equivalent to a Category 4 hurricane -- is expected to make landfall on the southern part of the Korean Peninsula Wednesday night, local time. The storm currently has winds of 130 miles per hour (215 kilometers per hour) but is expected to weaken to a Category 2 storm with winds of around 99 to 108 mph (160 to 175 kph) by the time it makes landfall on the Korean Peninsula.
If Typhoon Maysak makes landfall on the Korean Peninsula, it would be the fourth named storm to do so this year. The typhoon takes its name from a Cambodian word for a type of tree.
The Korea Meteorological Administration (KMA) expects South Korea will be hit by heavy rains and strong winds on both Wednesday and Thursday.
And there's more bad weather in store for the region. Tropical Storm Haishen is expected to strengthen into a typhoon within the next 24 hours, before becoming the equivalent of a Category 4 hurricane by the end of the week.
It's expected to threaten Japan's southwestern Kyushu region Sunday, and potentially affect the Korean Peninsula Monday. Japan's meteorological agency is warning that the storm could be the third biggest to hit the country since records began almost 70 years ago.
Both North and South Korea are preparing as the two storms approach.
South Korean government officials have been dispatched to regions expected to be affected by Typhoon Maysak, South Korea's Ministry of Interior and Safety announced in a news release Wednesday.
North Korea's state-run Korean Central News Agency (KCNA) reported Wednesday that "urgent measures are being taken for minimizing the damage," with heavy rains and strong winds expected to h
Officials are providing information so that people can "understand the importance of work for preventing typhoon damage and methods of coping with its crisis," and take immediate measures in dangerous spots, according to the report. Already efforts to minimize potential typhoon damage are underway, including repairing roofs and moving ships to safe areas, the report added.
Earlier in the week, Typhoon Maysak disrupted more than 200 flights in Japan. The country is already preparing for Tropical Storm Haishen, which is expected to bring high waves and heavy rain to Kyushu over the weekend, Japan's public broadcaster NHK reported.
Saiki city, in Kyushu's Oita prefecture, has warned more than 30,000 households to prepare for evacuations.
Wet summer
Although Japan and the Korean Peninsula often experience typhoons and torrential rain during summer, the damage this year has been particularly bad.
Just last week, Typhoon Bavi -- which was equivalent to a Category 1 storm -- battered western North Korea. Although the national television broadcaster usually signs off at 10:30 p.m. local time each day, it continued to air live coverage of the damage wrought by the storm, including fallen trees, roofs stripped from buildings and roads submerged in water.
After the typhoon, North Korean state media reported that dozens of buildings had been damaged, and power and water systems had been impacted.
North Korean leader Kim Jong Un said the country had suffered "smaller than expected" damage from Typhoon Bavi despite his concerns when he inspected the typhoon-stricken South Hwanghae province.
Earlier in August, severe flooding caused by torrential rain left dozens dead or missing in North Korea and destroyed more than 22,000 hectares of arable land( farmland), according to the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies.
In South Korea, flooding and landslides left more than 40 dead or missing, and prompted the government to move thousands of people into evacuation facilities, according to South Korean authorities.
And in July, flash flooding triggered by record rainfall in Japan killed at least 18 people in Kyushu.
In August, a town in North Korea recorded as much rain as London sees in a year in just 48 hours. The soggy weather followed one of North Korea's worst droughts in decades after spring 2019 brought only 42% of average rains.
CNN meteorologist Pedram Javaheri and CNN's Junko Ogura in Tokyo contributed to this report.
South and North Korea brace for two typhoons within a week
By Julia Hollingsworth, Yoonjung Seo and Sophie Jeong, CNN
Updated 1409 GMT (2209 HKT) September 2, 2020
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台風10号は、6日日曜日から来週月曜日の7日にかけて奄美地方や西日本に近づくと予想されています。現在の予報では、日本に近づく段階の中心気圧が930ヘクトパスカル、最大瞬間風速は70メートルと、非常に強い勢力に発達すると予想されています。気象庁は、台風が接近する地域では甚大な被害が出るおそれもあるとして、今後の情報に注意するとともに早めの対策を呼びかけています。
気象庁の観測によりますと、台風10号は午後3時には日本の南のマリアナ諸島付近の海上を1時間に15キロの速さで西へ進んでいます。
中心の気圧は990ヘクトパスカル、中心付近の最大風速は25メートル、最大瞬間風速は35メートルで、中心から半径330キロ以内では風速15メートル以上の強い風が吹いています。
台風は5日・土曜日に沖縄の大東島地方へ近づき、6日・日曜日から来週月曜日の7日にかけて奄美地方から西日本に接近し、上陸するおそれもあります。
進路や強さの予報にはばらつきがあるものの、6日・日曜日の段階で、中心気圧が930ヘクトパスカル、中心付近の最大風速が50メートル、最大瞬間風速は70メートルと非常に強い勢力に発達すると予想されています。
気象庁は、沖縄・奄美や西日本など、台風が接近する地域では記録的な大雨や暴風、高波、高潮になり、甚大な影響が出るおそれもあるとしています。
気象庁は、このままの強度や進路で近づいた場合、事前に、暴風などを対象とした特別警報を発表する可能性もあるとして最新の台風情報に注意し、早い段階で台風への備えを進めるよう呼びかけています。
気象庁「特別警報級 週末の前に備えを」
台風10号の見通しについて、気象庁予報課の杉本悟史主任予報官は「台風10号は、中心の気圧が930ヘクトパスカルに発達する予報で、特別警報級とも言えるような勢力だ。記録的な大雨、暴風、高波、高潮となるおそれがある。予想される進路には幅があるが広い範囲で甚大な影響を受けるおそれがある」と述べました。
また、風の強さについて、「去年の台風15号では、千葉県で、暴風による被害や停電が相次いだが、そのときよりもさらに勢力が強くなるということを意味する」と話しました。
そのうえで、「週末を迎える前に、台風への備えを終わらせてほしい。気象庁の発表する最新の台風情報に留意して、自分の命、大切な人の命を守るため、早めの対策をお願いしたい」と厳重な警戒を呼びかけました。
