what is typhoon higibis ?

Japan is bracing for what's expected to be the most powerful storm in decades - ha Jebus is advancing north towards Japan's main island of Honshu with damaging winds and torrential rain the storm threatens to flood Tokyo with the heaviest rain is seen in 60 years is forecast to make landfall in the Tokai or Kanto region tomorrow before sweeping across eastern Hokkaido on Sunday Hadj abyss is classified as very strong that's equivalent to a category 5 hurricane it will be packing gusts of 250 km/h strong enough to uproot trees and even tear off the roofs of buildings authorities have warned of severe flooding and landslides canto XI ho demo dosis I gotta Hitachi Casino Hong Ganga I Frida sure Sanju Sunday no Kanagawa tae-hyun II he takes a keylock Tokina vomit owner oh sorry mo re mas the government's and residents have been preparing for the approaching typhoon residents in Chiba have been boiling up windows and covering roofs that were damaged last month when typhoon fossae battered the region officials have advised residents to stock up on food and water for the next few days or bringing us the latest from Tokyo our correspondent Michiyo issuer joins us now Michiyo has Tokyo started to feel the effects of the storm yet well it's been raining on and off in Tokyo the whole day today but the wind is not strong yet however we've been hearing that people are preparing stocking up a Chiba Prefecture for instance which was hard hit by last month typhoon fax iya um evacuation that shelters are opening up and people are assembling all you see the area has lost power some homes for nearly a month so they're really afraid of this typhoon which is approaching and also as a result of a last month strong typhoon the trains were disrupted a longer than expected so all people are prepared for that - and petition companies have announced that there will be lots of disruption on a Saturday for instance on the airline companies say that 1600 flights will be canceled flying out of Haneda and Narita Airport and Haneda just in case that people want to stay at the airport they're preparing the emergency food for three days the bullet train between Tokyo and Nagoya will be fully stopped and the bullet trains running beyond will slowly run but then we stopped perhaps from afternoon onwards so there's a lot of disruption and some people are trying to rush out of Tokyo this evening because it's a start of the three-day weekend with Monday a public holiday health and sports day ironically it is the day to commemorate 1964 Tokyo Olympic Games and many sporting events in fact are being canceled this includes the Formula One race in soup suka 2 Rugby World Cup matches one between England and France and other between New Zealand and Italy so it's a disappointment to fans but also a disappointment to the players and as a result the games are not good to be rescheduled but they're going to be considered a tie one thing that's really a concern is whether this super big typhoon is going to hit the Fukushima area as you know it's home to Fukushima nuclear plant which has been crippled by the 2011 tsunami with a meltdown so this is a really worrying situation we hope that the worst will not happen as the typhoon is approaching this way mature thank you very much for that update and do take care as this typhoon approaches mature issued are reporting there for us from Tokyo.....