Tropical storm brings rain to northern Japan, avoids Olympics

REVU, Japan (AFP) – A tropical storm inundated parts of northern Japan on Wednesday after moving away from the Tokyo area and relieving the Olympics host city of the terrifying disruption of the Games.

In Sendai, some trains were delayed and pedestrians prepared to face the wind on the city streets.

Tropical Storm Nepartak caused no damage, but the Japan Meteorological Agency urged residents to be careful of the mudslides. Rainfall of up to 10 centimeters (4 in) was forecast across the northern region.

Office worker Mitsuyoshi Saito in Sendai said the storm wasn’t that strong. “In some areas, it seems to have rained heavily, but I’m glad there was no damage.”

Japan’s eighth typhoon of the season hit a beach in the far northeast of Tokyo and had winds of 65 kilometers per hour (40 miles per hour) mid-morning. It was weakening as it moved north and is expected to move off the western coast of Akita by Wednesday night.

Nepartak was the first land landing in Miyaga Prefecture since the Meteorological Agency began compiling typhoon statistics in 1951. Miyagi was part of the northeastern region devastated by the March 2011 earthquake and tsunami.

It moved further north than initially expected, causing only a limited impact on the Olympics, with some events such as surfing and kayaking being rescheduled.

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Associated Press writer Marie Yamaguchi contributed to this report from Tokyo.

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