Over 200 flights cancelled in South Japan over approaching typhoon

Over 200 domestic flights to and from the Japanese southernmost Okinawa prefecture were canceled due to the approaching large Typhoon Kong-rey, the second powerful storm to hit the area over a week, local mediareported on Thursday, Urdupoint.com reports.

The typhoon is located some 340 kilometers (211 miles) from the southern Miyako-jima island. The wind speeds in the epicenter of the storm reached 60 meters per second, the NHK broadcaster reported.


According to the same broadcaster, citing weather officials, the storm was moving north and was likely to hit South Korea, too.

Last week, the strong Typhoon Trami hit Okinawa. Two people were killed and over 100 others sustained injuries due to the storm.