- Title: Typhoon Ampil approaches Tokyo, disrupts transport over peak holiday season
- Date: 15th August 2024
- Summary: TOKYO, JAPAN (AUGUST 15, 2024) (REUTERS) TICKET GATES AT TOKYO STATION SCREEN DISPLAYING INFORMATION ABOUT TRAIN CANCELLATIONS CAUSED BY TYPHOON AMPIL PRINTED SIGNS EXPLAINING TYPHOON-RELATED TRAIN CANCELLATIONS VARIOUS OF PEOPLE OUTSIDE TOKYO STATION VARIOUS OF SHINKANSEN BULLET TRAINS RUNNING IN AND OUT OF TOKYO STATION VARIOUS OF COMMUTER TRAIN AT SHIMBASHI STATION IN T
- Embargoed: 29th August 2024 11:57
- Keywords: Ampil Haneda Airport Japan Tokyo disruption planes shinkansen trains travel typhoon
- Location: TOKYO, JAPAN
- City: TOKYO, JAPAN
- Country: Japan
- Topics: Asia / Pacific,Disaster/Accidents,Wind/Hurricane/Typhoons/Tornadoes
- Reuters ID: LVA001694715082024RP1
- Aspect Ratio: 16:9
- Story Text: Several flights and rail services were preemptively halted on Thursday (August 15) as Tokyo braced for the arrival of Typhoon Ampil during the peak summer travel season.
The typhoon, categorised as "strong" by the Japan Meteorological Agency (JMA), was about 690 km (430 miles) off Japan's Pacific coast at 9:00 a.m. (0000 GMT on Thursday), heading towards Tokyo and surrounding regions. The agency has two higher categories - "very strong" and "violent".
Central Japan Railway said it would cancel all the "Shinkansen" bullet train services between Tokyo and Japan's industrial heartland of Nagoya on Friday.
Japan Airlines said it planned to cancel 191 domestic and 26 international flights, many of them leaving or arriving at Tokyo's Haneda airport, on Friday.
Another major airline, ANA, announced it would cancel 280 domestic flights that were originally slated for Friday, affecting more than 60,000 passengers.
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