Kirk here with some more about the typhoon:

Kirk here with some more about the typhoon:

— start quote — The Cabinet Office said that seven prefectures in the Kyushu region have decided to apply the disaster relief act to all municipalities in each prefecture as fears grow that Nanmadol could wreak havoc there. The seven prefectures are Fukuoka, Saga, Nagasaki, Kumamoto, Oita, Miyazaki and Kagoshima. This was the first case in which the disaster relief act had been applied before damage was actually caused since the law was revised in 2021 to enable such an in-advance application. — end quote —

In case you want to talk about this “disaster relief act” in Japanese, it’s the 災害救助法 (saigai kyuujo hou).

I like the advice about evacuation in this article: “7 million people had been told to move to shelters or take refuge in sturdy buildings to ride out the storm.” Exactly. It’s not that 7 million people have been told to go to the nearest shelter; rather, only people who live in rickety-old houses or who live in areas prone to flooding (or landslides which can be caused by heavy rain) need to do so. Otherwise, you should be able to ride it out wherever you are right now.

Stay safe!