Although England have arrived without disturbance at the championship Typhoon Faxai has delayed the departure for the Rugby World Cup in Japan of australia.
The Wallabies were expected to arrive in Tokyo on Monday morning but were postponed by 16 hours following their original flight had been cancelled because of heavy rain and strong winds from the area.
Several subway and railway operators suspended services as the typhoon made landfall a suburb of the Japanese capital, at Chiba.
Sky Sports News’ reporter at Japan, Gail Davies, states that hotels and shaking and also the insides of buildings that there have been swaying together with gusts up to 123mph hitting on Tokyo, in the weather conditions.
Flights have been cancelled as a result of the typhoon, inducing commuting chaos in the area.
Government spokesman Yoshihide Suga confirmed one person had been killed and dozens injured by the typhoon, which triggered 900,000 power failures across the Western capital.
England with overlooked the worst of this storm and came in Tokyo on Monday morning with only a hour at Narita International Airport, started their journey on Sunday night.
“We are excited to arrive in Japan, it is a fantastic honor and privilege to represent England and we are looking forward to the championship,” said head coach Eddie Jones upon coming in Tokyo.
“This really is a special World Cup. It is the very first time at a state that is tier-two so our ability to adapt will be imperative.
“Every one of those 20 teams enter the World Cup together with the goal of being in their finest. We think we’ve prepared well so we’ve set ourselves in a good position”
World Cup organisers matches to places due to Typhoon Faxai or have planned for the possibility of needing to relocate teams from their bases.
The stadiums from the usa in Kobe and Tonga at Sapporo, to the first two matches of England, have roofs and Jones states that the group will train indoors on synthetic turf if necessary.
“It is likely to affect the World Cup, there’s little doubt about it,” Jones said after Friday’s 37-0 win over Italy. “You’ve only got to ride with it, be elastic and work out how it is possible to manage the situation.
“Once the typhoon comes, you simply can not go outdoors. It’s basically a lock-down. Between being violent to mild, it may vary.
“The problem is that can’t go outdoors but we’ve got ideas of what we do if a typhoon stopped us training outside. We are going to train on artificial turf inside.”
England have two weeks to acclimatise to the conditions in Asia before they confront Tonga in their opening game on September 22.
They will then face the USA on September 26 before enjoying Argentina in Tokyo on October 12, using their group stage game against France on October 5.
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