A "violent typhoon" named Nanmadol is approaching Japan's south, with landfall expected Sunday afternoon.
Nanmadol, the 14th typhoon of the season, is about 280 miles east of Okinawa, a southern Japanese archipelago (as of Saturday morning), according to Japan Meteorological Agency.
JMA said Nanmadol is heading northwest at 12 mph with sustained winds around 123 mph near its center, gusting upwards of 168 mph. It has been classified as a "super typhoon" by the US Navy's Joint Typhoon Warning Center.
Nanmadol is forecasted to make landfall Sunday afternoon on the southern island of Kyushu – expected to dump 20 inches of rain and winds that could be equivalent in strength to a Category 5 hurricane, according to Reuters.
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