A strong typhoon approaching western Japan could make landfall sometime between Thursday afternoon and Friday in an area that was already left battered by massive flooding and landslides last month.

The Meteorological Agency has warned of heavy rain, strong winds and high waves as Typhoon Cimaron is expected to travel northward over the Shikoku and Chugoku regions as the weekend approaches.

Typhoon Soulik, another powerful typhoon, was moving northward across the waters west of Kyushu and could still bring gusts and strong rain in the area, the agency said. Gusts of 185 kilometers per hour were recorded on Kagoshima Prefecture's Nakanoshima Island early Wednesday as that typhoon passed near by the island.