Super Typhoon Haishen is forecast to hit southern Japan as a cat 5 in about 48 hours. This could be the strongest storm to hit Japan in decades.

As a side note, the typhoons so far this year seem to be heading north before making it to Taiwan. This is the second major typhoon in the course of a week to hit southern Japan and the Korean Peninsula. Meanwhile, Japan has been experiencing record heat across the country this summer.