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A
powerful typhoon bearing down on the northern Japanese island of
Hokkaido has forced authorities to order the evacuation of thousands of
residents. Thousands of residents in northern Japan have been ordered to
evacuate as a powerful typhoon bears down on the island of Hokkaido.
Local authorities issued evacuation orders for Nemuro city on the coast
and neighbouring areas, as Typhoon Choi-Wan approached from the east,
the Hokkaido daily reports. About 170 flights have been cancelled and
scores of train services suspended, the paper says. The season's 23rd
typhoon, still several hundred kilometres east of Japan, had maximum
sustained winds of 108kph and gusts of 162kph, the Japan Meteorological
Agency says.
Thursday, 08 October, 2015 at 04:58 (04:58 AM) UTC
Last update:
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Cause of event:
Damage level:
Unknown
Geographic information
Continent:
Asia
Country:
Japan
County / State:
Prefecture of Hokkaido
Area:
Prefecture-wide
City:
Coordinate:
N 43° 16.857, E 142° 43.865
Number of affected people / Humanities loss
Foreign people:
Affected is unknown.
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.......... If you are located anywhere in central or northern Japan I am
sure you have at least noticed its it’s a little (or a lot) windy
outside today. Choi-wan a large extra-tropical low and once typhoon
east of
IR / VIS SAT
Japan has grew in size in to Thursday morning covering a vast area of the North West Pacific with gale force winds.
Winds up to typhoon strength have already been reported in parts of
Hokkaido from this storm. Click here for latest reports. The worst of it
will be in the North East Area of the island where the low expected to
pass Thursday evening with a pressure below 950hpa and winds up to
162kph. Prepare to be educated… The Jet Stream is indicated by the arrows
but even without it the best satellite to use to spot it is the Water
Vapor Imagery, you can see it in the areas of drier air in the upper
levels. The Jet is ripping Choi-wan apart today from a tropical to a
massive extra-tropical system. Winds already reported up to Typhoon
Strength in parts of Hokkaido.
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