Deutsche-Welle: Nearly 500,000 residents haven been evacuated from Japan's southern islands as weather forecasters predict a 14-metre storm surge, torrential rains, landslides and flooding.
The ocean quadrants on the Japan Meteorological Agency's map covering areas around the Okinawa archipelago and southern Japan are a blaze of worrying color. Yellow areas are classified as near-gale conditions, the three red sectors are listed as storm and the large parts of the East China Sea marked in purple are experiencing...