Japan cancels 120 flights as twin storms approach

Japanese airlines cancelled more than 100 flights on Friday (June 26, 2026) as two tropical storms barrelled towards the archipelago, with authorities advising evacuations in some areas because of possible flooding and landslides.Severe tropical storm Mekkhala was downgraded from a typhoon but still carried gusts of up to 144 km (89 miles) per hour, according to forecasters, with heavy rain already pounding parts of southern and western Japan.Venezuela earthquake LIVE updates:The weather system was expected to skirt the islands of Kyushu and Shikoku over the weekend and potentially converge with tropical storm Higos, which was also swirling further out in the Pacific.That could result in the atmospheric phenomenon known as the Fujiwhara effect when two storms interact, making forecasting…

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