Overview
- Dujuan is striking eastern Japan on Monday with very heavy rain, strong sustained winds and high gusts reported by the Japan Meteorological Agency.
- Authorities issued evacuation orders for more than 1.9 million residents across six prefectures, including Tokyo and Kanagawa, to move people out of areas at risk.
- The JMA raised the landslide alert to level 5 for Ōshima and warned of up to 350 millimeters of rain in Tokai and 300 millimeters in Kanto and the Izu islands.
- The storm has already forced major disruptions: roughly 500 flights were canceled at Haneda and Narita, the Tokyo Game Show closed a day early, and local police carried out rescues in flood- and mudslide-threatened neighborhoods.
- Emergency services and road authorities are on heightened alert for flash floods, river rises and slope failures, which could cause power outages, road closures and further travel cancellations in the coming hours.