Most powerful storm of 2022 is moving at a speed of 250 km/hour

The top category "violent" storm Hinnamnor is nearing several remote southern Japan islands at a speed of 250 km per hour. The typhoon has picked the gusts speed of up to 252 kilometres per hour, and is moving west at a speed of 30 kilometres per hour. The super typhoon is expected to threaten the islands from Wednesday through Friday.

The weather agency expects the storm will strengthen to its top category "violent" from Wednesday evening, with gusts up to 270 kilometres per hour.

Hinnamnor would be the strongest storm of this year based on the maximum wind speed recorded at this point, according to a Japan Meteorological Agency official.


On Tuesday evening, the typhoon was in Pacific waters south of Japan, 340 kilometres (210 miles) east-northeast of Minami Daito island, one of a string of remote isles that form the Okinawa region, according to the Japan Meteorological Agency.

Some of the islands are remote with only several hundred residents, but the region as a whole has around 1.4 million people, and the Okinawa mainland hosts most of the US military bases in Japan.

Japan is currently in typhoon season and is hit by around 20 such storms a year, routinely seeing heavy rains that cause landslides or flash floods.