2 storms barrelling towards Japan spark over 100 flight cancellations

AF Agence France-PresseSouth China Morning PostFiled 2026-06-26 · 03:11 GMTLean · Center-RightRead · 1 min

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Japanese airlines canceled over 100 flights on Friday due to two tropical storms approaching the archipelago. Authorities have advised evacuations in some areas due to the risk of flooding and landslides. Severe tropical storm Mekkhala, with gusts up to 144 km/h, is bringing heavy rain to southern and western Japan and is expected to pass by Kyushu and Shikoku over the weekend. This storm may also converge with tropical storm Higos, which is located further out in the Pacific.

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Heavy rain was already pounding parts of southern and western Japan.

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Severe tropical storm Mekkhala was packing gusts of up to 144km/h (89mph).

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Authorities advised evacuations in some areas due to possible flooding and landslides.

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Japanese airlines cancelled over 100 flights on Friday due to two tropical storms.

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Tropical storm Mekkhala was expected to skirt Kyushu and Shikoku over the weekend and potentially converge with tropical storm Higos.

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Japanese airlines cancelled on Friday more than 100 flights as two tropical storms barrelled towards the archipelago, with authorities advising evacuations in some areas because of possible flooding and landslides.Severe tropical storm Mekkhala, downgraded from a typhoon, was packing gusts of up to 144km/h (89mph), according to forecasters, with heavy rain already pounding parts of southern and western Japan.The weather system was expected to skirt the islands of Kyushu and Shikoku over the weekend and potentially converge with tropical storm Higos, which was also swirling further out into the Pacific.

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