- Japan’s Meteorological Agency (JMA) said it was considering issuing a “special warning” as it expected a typhoon to make landfall in the southern island of Kyushu on Sunday.
- The national weather bureau has also forecast unusually heavy rains across Australia in the coming months as a La Nina — the atmospheric circulation across the tropical Pacific that increases risk of extreme rainfall — event hits for the third year in a row.
- Fiona could strengthen into a hurricane near the Bahamas by Tuesday night.
Japan, Australia brace for major floods, storms hit Americas 17.09.2022
