As Typhoon Nanmadol slams into Japan, 8 million people have been ordered to evacuate: 'Raining like never before.'

More than 8 million people have been advised to evacuate in southern and western Japan as Typhoon Nanmadol rages over the island country with unprecedented wind and seas.

According to local government authorities across Japan, a level 5 notice, the highest on Japan's disaster warning scale, was issued to more than 330,000 individuals in around 160,000 homes in Kagoshima, Miyazaki, and Oita prefectures.

According to NHK, roughly 8 million people in around 3.7 million homes were told to evacuate in areas of the Kyushu, Shikoku, and Chugoku provinces due to a level 4 alert.

According to the Japan Meteorological Agency, it was "raining like never before" in Miyazaki, with some regions receiving more than 15 inches of rain in the 24 hours leading up to Sunday afternoon. As the typhoon moved northward across Kyushu, power lines collapsed and hundreds of thousands of houses and businesses went black.

"To preserve your life and the lives of your loved ones, please immediately follow the evacuation advice given by your local municipality," the agency said. "Ensure your personal safety without waiting for a particular warning to be issued."

The very first specific typhoon warning

Thousands of people sought refuge in evacuation facilities in Kagoshima. Wind gusts of almost 115 mph have been recorded in several areas of the region.

This was the first time the agency issued a specific typhoon warning for a location other than Okinawa Prefecture. Flights were canceled, and rail service, which is vital to Japanese travel, was halted in the region.

Prime Minister Fumio Kishida stated that police, firefighters, the Self-Defense Forces, and other agencies had been deployed.

"I encourage (the public) to avoid traveling to sites that pose possible risks, including as rivers and other waterways, or regions prone to landslides, and to escape without delay if they feel in any way threatened," Kishida said.

Taiwan suffers an earthquake.

A severe earthquake slammed southeastern Taiwan on Saturday evening, less than 900 miles southwest of Japan's natural catastrophe, destroying a home and disrupting rail operations on the island. The 6.4 magnitude shallow quake was located north of Taitung County on the island's eastern shore, according to Taiwan's Central News Agency.