Strong winds swept across Japan on Monday, part of the Golden Week holidays, disrupting transport services and prompting weather warnings throughout the nation as a rapidly developing low-pressure system moved eastward across the country.
The Meteorological Agency said the system, accompanied by a front, intensified as it moved over the Sea of Japan, bringing bands of heavy rain and gusty conditions from western Japan into the Kinki and Kanto-Koshin regions from late Sunday through Monday morning.
Gusts reached near-gale or gale-force levels in multiple areas. Maximum instantaneous wind speeds of 28.5 meters per second ¡ª a speed at which it is difficult for a person to stand without holding onto something, according to the Meteorological Agency ¡ª were recorded in the city of Chiba shortly after 6 a.m., while Gotemba in Shizuoka Prefecture saw gusts of 26.9 meters per second and Yokohama recorded 24.7 meters per second.
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