http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2014-07-07/super-typhoon-bears-down-on-japan-as-rains-reach-okinawa.html
Japan’s weather agency warned of storms and high waves as Typhoon Neoguri skirted the country’s islands of Okinawa, grounding flights and prompting some to flee their homes for emergency shelters.
The warnings were issued as gusts reached 252 kilometers per hour (157 miles per hour), according to the Japan Meteorological Agency. The storm is centered near Okinawa, about 1,500 kilometers from Tokyo, and may reach Kyushu, Japan’s southernmost main island, on Thursday, the agency said.
In the Okinawa city of Miyako, 55,000 residents had been urged to take shelter in community centers and municipal buildings as the storm threatened homes, though only about 30 had complied, disaster prevention spokesman Takezazu Genka said.
Japan Airlines Co. and its affiliates canceled 168 flights to and from Okinawa, affecting about 14,000 passengers, the company said. The All Nippon Airways Co. group scrubbed 110 flights, affecting another 14,000 passengers.
Nansei Sekiyu KK, a unit of Brazil’s Petroleo Brasileiro SA, halted refining and shipping operations yesterday at its 100,000 barrel-a-day Nishihara plant in Okinawa, the company said in an e-mailed statement. Toyota Motor Corp., Nissan Motor Co. and Toshiba Corp., which have factories on Kyushu, said they’re monitoring the storm.
The typhoon will “take long enough over cooler waters to weaken significantly” before reaching Japan early in July 10, David Streit, a meteorologist at Commodity Weather Group LLC in Bethesda, Maryland, said today by e-mail.
“Wind damage should be minor and confined to the southern quarter of country,” he said. “Localized flooding is possible, but even that looks to be isolated since it will be collapsing so rapidly as it crosses the country.”
Japan has averaged more than 11 typhoons per year over a 30-year period ending in 2010, most of them occurring between July and October, according to the weather agency’s website.
The typhoon will “take long enough over cooler waters to weaken significantly” before reaching Japan early in July 10, David Streit, a meteorologist at Commodity Weather Group LLC in Bethesda, Maryland, said today by e-mail.
“Wind damage should be minor and confined to the southern quarter of country,” he said. “Localized flooding is possible, but even that looks to be isolated since it will be collapsing so rapidly as it crosses the country.”
Japan has averaged more than 11 typhoons per year over a 30-year period ending in 2010, most of them occurring between July and October, according to the weather agency’s website.
Japan’s weather agency warned of storms and high waves as Typhoon Neoguri skirted the country’s islands of Okinawa, grounding flights and prompting some to flee their homes for emergency shelters.
The warnings were issued as gusts reached 252 kilometers per hour (157 miles per hour), according to the Japan Meteorological Agency. The storm is centered near Okinawa, about 1,500 kilometers from Tokyo, and may reach Kyushu, Japan’s southernmost main island, on Thursday, the agency said.
In the Okinawa city of Miyako, 55,000 residents had been urged to take shelter in community centers and municipal buildings as the storm threatened homes, though only about 30 had complied, disaster prevention spokesman Takezazu Genka said.
Japan Airlines Co. and its affiliates canceled 168 flights to and from Okinawa, affecting about 14,000 passengers, the company said. The All Nippon Airways Co. group scrubbed 110 flights, affecting another 14,000 passengers.
Nansei Sekiyu KK, a unit of Brazil’s Petroleo Brasileiro SA, halted refining and shipping operations yesterday at its 100,000 barrel-a-day Nishihara plant in Okinawa, the company said in an e-mailed statement. Toyota Motor Corp., Nissan Motor Co. and Toshiba Corp., which have factories on Kyushu, said they’re monitoring the storm.
The typhoon will “take long enough over cooler waters to weaken significantly” before reaching Japan early in July 10, David Streit, a meteorologist at Commodity Weather Group LLC in Bethesda, Maryland, said today by e-mail.
“Wind damage should be minor and confined to the southern quarter of country,” he said. “Localized flooding is possible, but even that looks to be isolated since it will be collapsing so rapidly as it crosses the country.”
Japan has averaged more than 11 typhoons per year over a 30-year period ending in 2010, most of them occurring between July and October, according to the weather agency’s website.
The typhoon will “take long enough over cooler waters to weaken significantly” before reaching Japan early in July 10, David Streit, a meteorologist at Commodity Weather Group LLC in Bethesda, Maryland, said today by e-mail.
“Wind damage should be minor and confined to the southern quarter of country,” he said. “Localized flooding is possible, but even that looks to be isolated since it will be collapsing so rapidly as it crosses the country.”
Japan has averaged more than 11 typhoons per year over a 30-year period ending in 2010, most of them occurring between July and October, according to the weather agency’s website.
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