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(ｓｅｖｅｒｅ　ｔｒｏｐｉｃａｌ　ｓｔｏｒｍ　ｎａｎｇｋａ)

Severe tropical storm Nangka

(ｉｓ　ｂｒｉｎｇｉｎｇ　ｓｔｒｏｎｇ　ｗｉｎｄｓ　ａｎｄ)

is bringing strong winds and

(ｔｏｒｒｅｎｔｉａｌ　ｒａｉｎｆａｌｌ　ｔｏ　ｗｉｄｅ)

torrential rainfall to wide

(ａｒｅａｓ　ａｃｒｏｓｓ　ｗｅｓｔｅｒｎ　ｊａｐａｎ)

areas across western Japan

(ａｆｔｅｒ　ｍａｋｉｎｇ　ｌａｎｄｆａｌｌ　ｌａｔｅ)

after making landfall late

(ｔｈｕｒｓｄａｙ．)

Thursday.

(ｍｕｎｉｃｉｐａｌｉｔｉｅｓ　ｉｎ　ｔｈｏｓｅ　ａｒｅａｓ)

Municipalities in those areas

(ａｒｅ　ａｄｖｉｓｉｎｇ　ｍｏｒｅ　ｔｈａｎ　３６０，０００)

are advising more than 360,000

(ｐｅｏｐｌｅ　ｔｏ　ｅｖａｃｕａｔｅ．　ａｉｒ　ｔｒａｆｆｉｃ)

people to evacuate. Air traffic

(ｔｏ　ａｎｄ　ｆｒｏｍ　ｔｈｅ　ｒｅｇｉｏｎ　ｈａｓ　ｂｅｅｎ)

to and from the region has been

(ｓｅｖｅｒｅｌｙ　ｄｉｓｒｕｐｔｅｄ．)

severely disrupted.

(ｊａｐａｎ’ｓ　ｍｅｔｅｏｒｏｌｏｇｉｃａｌ　ａｇｅｎｃｙ)

Japan's meteorological agency

(ｓａｙｓ　ｎａｎｇｋａ　ｗａｓ　ｄｏｗｎｇｒａｄｅｄ　ｆｒｏｍ)

says Nangka was downgraded from

(ａ　ｔｙｐｈｏｏｎ　ａｆｔｅｒ　ｉｔ　ｍａｄｅ　ｌａｎｄｆａｌｌ)

a typhoon after it made landfall

(ａｔ　１１　ｐｍ　ｉｎ　ｋｏｃｈｉ　ｐｒｅｆｅｃｔｕｒｅ　ｏｎ)

at 11 PM in Kochi Prefecture on

(ｔｈｅ　ｐａｃｉｆｉｃ　ｃｏａｓｔ　ｏｆ　ｔｈｅ　ｓｈｉｋｏｋｕ)

the Pacific coast of the Shikoku

(ｒｅｇｉｏｎ．　ｉｔ　ｉｓ　ｈｅａｄｉｎｇ　ｎｏｒｔｈ　ａｔ)

region. It is heading north at

(２０　ｋｉｌｏｍｅｔｅｒｓ　ａｎ　ｈｏｕｒ，　ｃｕｔｔｉｎｇ)

20 kilometers an hour, cutting

(ｔｈｒｏｕｇｈ　ｗｅｓｔｅｒｎ　ｊａｐａｎ．)

through western Japan.

(ｔｈｅ　ｓｔｏｒｍ’ｓ　ｃｅｎｔｒａｌ　ａｔｍｏｓｐｈｅｒｉｃ)

The storm's central atmospheric