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The newly formed Tropical Storm TALAS is moving northwards of the Philippine Sea, towards the south-eastern coast of Honshu Island (central Japan). On 23 September at 0.00 UTC, its centre was located about 300 km south of Higashimuro District (Wakayama Prefecture, south-eastern Honshu), with maximum sustained winds of 65 km/h.
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On 23 September, TALAS is forecast to move north and pass close to Wakayama Prefecture, as a Tropical Storm. After that, it is expected to downgrade to a Tropical Depression, as it first makes landfall in the early morning of 24 September in an area close to Hamamatsu City (Shizuoka Prefecture, central-eastern Honshu), and then passes close to Tokyo Metropolitan Area in the afternoon of 24 September.
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Red alerts for heavy rainfall and landslide risk have been issued for some coastal Prefectures in south-eastern Honshu, including Wakayama Prefecture. On 23-24 September, light to locally moderate rainfall is forecast over most of eastern Honshu Island.