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Typhoon "Nepartak" on the Pacific coast in Japan

The typhoon "Nepartak"

was located 70 kilometers south of the city of Morioka in Iwate Prefecture, moving at a speed of 25 km per hour in a northwesterly direction.

Wind speeds exceed 54 km per hour within 280 kilometers to the northeast and 220 kilometers to the northwest of the center of the typhoon.

33 mm of rainfall per hour was recorded before 8 am on Wednesday in the town of Rikudzentakata in Iwate Prefecture.

All flights at Haneda International Airport have been canceled.

July 24, Yang Qian won the first gold medal for the Chinese national team in air rifle shooting from 10 meters at the Olympic Games in Tokyo

The Russian scored 8.9 points in the final shooting, and the Chinese scored 9.8 points.

The number of coronavirus patients at the XXXII Summer Olympic Games in Tokyo reached 123

There is one athlete among the patients, but his name is not named.

He did not live in the Olympic Village and is not a member of the Japanese national team.

The organizers have promised to hold safe Olympic and Paralympic Games with quarantine rules and testing to limit the spread of the coronavirus.

But the positive results continue to be recorded on a daily basis amid concerns about whether COVID-19 countermeasures are being taken properly.

People are currently protesting against the cancellation of the Olympic Games because of its irresponsible holding during the great pandemic

The total number of COVID-19 infections among participants in the Tokyo Olympics and staff reached 71

71 people received a positive result at COVID-19. New cases of infection have also been reported among staff associated with the Olympics. This category includes team officials and sports staff.