Japan bracing for super typhoon during Rugby World Cup, Grand Prix

Japan’s prime minister has ordered his Cabinet to assist residents however possible ahead of the landfall of a typhoon estimated to be the strongest Japan has faced in decades.

The Guardian reported Friday that the storm could threaten a third match of the Rugby World Cup set to be held in the country this weekend; two games of the series have already been canceled.

{mosads}Japan’s chief weather agency warned civilians to prepare for high winds and rain the likes of which haven’t been seen since the 1950s.

“The typhoon could bring record-level rainfall and winds,” one official said, according to The Guardian.

Some areas are being warned to prepare several days’ worth of emergency supplies even as those same areas have yet to fully recover from another damaging typhoon last month that destroyed or damaged tens of thousands of homes.

Tokyo’s Disneyland will also make its first weather-related closure since 1984, according to the newspaper. Photos taken in the city showed a deep purple sky as the storm approached.

LOOK: The sky in Japan turned pink hours before the wrath of Super Typhoon #Hagibis #SaveJapan pic.twitter.com/bRm3q8aGVz

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Projections from weather services showed the storm likely crossing Japan’s eastern coast while avoiding much of the mainland with the brunt of the winds and heavy rain.