Tuesday, October 2, 2012

Typhoon Jelawat flips cars in Okinawa

Super Typhoon Jelawat slammed the island of Okinawa in the East Pacific on Saturday with sustained winds of 87 miles per hour and gusts up to 137mph, capable of flipping large vehicles over. Over half of the population was without power when the storm hit and it claimed one life and injured 50. Jelawat also hit mainland Japan on Sunday causing more power outages and injuring 145 residents. This was the third typhoon to hit Okinawa in a month and many are already calling it the worst out of the three. People needed to take cover from the strong winds as they were dangerous enough to move vehicles as big as semis around.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/capital-weather-gang/post/typhoon-jelawat-slams-okinawa-and-mainland-japan-video/2012/10/01/e04c1e6a-0bec-11e2-bd1a-b868e65d57eb_blog.html

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