Storm Nanmadol is anticipated to surge via the Philippine Sea towards Japan this weekend, bringing heavy winds and rain.

As of Saturday morning in Japan, the World Catastrophe Alert and Coordination System had warned that greater than 39 million folks might be uncovered to a storm that’s at a Class 1 degree or increased.

The phrases storm, hurricane and cyclone all confer with tropical cyclones; the time period that’s utilized to a given storm will depend on the place it originates. Typhoons develop within the northwestern Pacific and normally have an effect on Asia. Hurricanes kind within the North Atlantic, the northeastern Pacific, the Caribbean Sea and the Gulf of Mexico.

Within the Atlantic, main hurricanes are outlined as tropical cyclones with most sustained winds of 111 m.p.h. or increased and are classed as both Class 3, 4 or 5 storms. However within the Asia Pacific area, there are variations in how particular person international locations grade typhoons.