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Title: Powerful typhoon Man-yi strikes Japan's Okinawa Post by: Shammu on July 13, 2007, 08:22:45 PM Powerful typhoon Man-yi strikes Japan's Okinawa
Fri Jul 13, 2007 7:16 PM IST147 By Elaine Lies TOKYO (Reuters) - A powerful typhoon pounded the southern Japanese islands of Okinawa on Friday, forcing the evacuation of thousands and the cancellation of hundreds of flights as it headed north towards the main islands. Up to 500 mm of rain was expected to fall on the southernmost main island of Kyushu by Saturday, further battering areas already hit by heavy rains and flooding earlier this week. More than 8,000 people were advised to evacuate. Some 100,000 people were left without electricity as Typhoon Man-yi bore down on the tropical Okinawa island chain some 1,600 km southwest of Tokyo. Twenty-three people were hurt. NHK public television said more than 300 flights to and from Okinawa were cancelled. China's Xinhua news agency reported a Chinese vessel sank on Tuesday some 600 km northwest of Guam as a result of the typhoon, leaving three crew members dead and seven others missing. Twelve people have been rescued from the Hai Tong 7, Xinhua reported, quoting officials at the Chinese consulate in Los Angeles. The Chinese-flagged bulk log carrier, owned by Fuzhou Haijing Shipping, was en route from Papua New Guinea to China when the cargo began shifting as the vessel encountered strong winds and 7 metre seas, the survivors were quoted as saying. Meanwhile, a small Chinese container ship, which broke down in the typhoon's path northeast of the coastal city of Wenzhou, has been rescued and is being towed to shore, Xinhua said, citing the Ministry of Communications. Man-yi passed near the Okinawa city of Naha and was around 130 km northwest of Okinoerabu island as of 7:50 p.m. (1050 GMT), moving north at 25 kph, Japan's Meteorological Agency said. It had winds at its centre of around 160 kph and gusts of up to 234 kph, slightly weaker than before. "This storm is moving slowly, which means that rain will fall for quite some time, especially in places like Kyushu," an agency official said. "Rain is the biggest worry with this storm. Given the rain that has already fallen in Kyushu, the chance of damage is high." The chances that the storm will make landfall somewhere in Kyushu on Saturday have risen sharply, another official said. The storm was classified as a category 4 typhoon by British-based Web site Tropical Storm Risk (www.tropicalstormrisk.com). It is currently likely to turn eastward, after which it will pick up speed and rapidly weaken. It could brush Tokyo on Monday, a national holiday. Powerful typhoon Man-yi strikes Japan's Okinawa (http://in.today.reuters.com/news/newsArticle.aspx?type=worldNews&storyID=2007-07-13T191411Z_01_NOOTR_RTRMDNC_0_India-284525-3.xml&archived=False) Title: Re: Powerful typhoon Man-yi strikes Japan's Okinawa Post by: Shammu on July 13, 2007, 08:24:23 PM This was in my email, from a friend in Okinawa. I checked it when I saw this trypoon, was hitting Okinawa. She is asking for prayers as well.
WTPN31 PGTW 132100 MSGID/GENADMIN/NAVPACMETOCCEN PEARL HARBOR HI/JTWC// SUBJ/TROPICAL CYCLONE WARNING// RMKS/ 1. TYPHOON 04W (MAN-YI) WARNING NR 026 01 ACTIVE TROPICAL CYCLONE IN NORTHWESTPAC MAX SUSTAINED WINDS BASED ON ONE-MINUTE AVERAGE --- WARNING POSITION: 131800Z --- NEAR 29.3N 128.1E MOVEMENT PAST SIX HOURS - 020 DEGREES AT 10 KTS POSITION ACCURATE TO WITHIN 040 NM POSITION BASED ON EYE FIXED BY SATELLITE PRESENT WIND DISTRIBUTION: MAX SUSTAINED WINDS - 090 KT, GUSTS 110 KT WIND RADII VALID OVER OPEN WATER ONLY RADIUS OF 064 KT WINDS - 050 NM NORTHEAST QUADRANT 050 NM SOUTHEAST QUADRANT 040 NM SOUTHWEST QUADRANT 045 NM NORTHWEST QUADRANT RADIUS OF 050 KT WINDS - 085 NM NORTHEAST QUADRANT 085 NM SOUTHEAST QUADRANT 075 NM SOUTHWEST QUADRANT 080 NM NORTHWEST QUADRANT RADIUS OF 034 KT WINDS - 160 NM NORTHEAST QUADRANT 160 NM SOUTHEAST QUADRANT 140 NM SOUTHWEST QUADRANT 150 NM NORTHWEST QUADRANT REPEAT POSIT: 29.3N 128.1E --- FORECASTS: 12 HRS, VALID AT: 140600Z --- 31.4N 130.1E MAX SUSTAINED WINDS - 080 KT, GUSTS 100 KT WIND RADII VALID OVER OPEN WATER ONLY BECOMING EXTRATROPICAL RADIUS OF 064 KT WINDS - 045 NM NORTHEAST QUADRANT 045 NM SOUTHEAST QUADRANT 035 NM SOUTHWEST QUADRANT 040 NM NORTHWEST QUADRANT RADIUS OF 050 KT WINDS - 075 NM NORTHEAST QUADRANT 075 NM SOUTHEAST QUADRANT 065 NM SOUTHWEST QUADRANT 070 NM NORTHWEST QUADRANT RADIUS OF 034 KT WINDS - 160 NM NORTHEAST QUADRANT 155 NM SOUTHEAST QUADRANT 135 NM SOUTHWEST QUADRANT 140 NM NORTHWEST QUADRANT VECTOR TO 24 HR POSIT: 055 DEG/ 16 KTS --- 24 HRS, VALID AT: 141800Z --- 33.2N 133.3E MAX SUSTAINED WINDS - 065 KT, GUSTS 080 KT WIND RADII VALID OVER OPEN WATER ONLY BECOMING EXTRATROPICAL RADIUS OF 050 KT WINDS - 055 NM NORTHEAST QUADRANT 055 NM SOUTHEAST QUADRANT 045 NM SOUTHWEST QUADRANT 050 NM NORTHWEST QUADRANT RADIUS OF 034 KT WINDS - 140 NM NORTHEAST QUADRANT 135 NM SOUTHEAST QUADRANT 120 NM SOUTHWEST QUADRANT 130 NM NORTHWEST QUADRANT VECTOR TO 36 HR POSIT: 065 DEG/ 19 KTS --- 36 HRS, VALID AT: 150600Z --- 34.7N 137.6E MAX SUSTAINED WINDS - 060 KT, GUSTS 075 KT WIND RADII VALID OVER OPEN WATER ONLY EXTRATROPICAL VECTOR TO 48 HR POSIT: 070 DEG/ 22 KTS --- EXTENDED OUTLOOK: 48 HRS, VALID AT: 151800Z --- 36.1N 142.6E MAX SUSTAINED WINDS - 050 KT, GUSTS 065 KT WIND RADII VALID OVER OPEN WATER ONLY EXTRATROPICAL --- REMARKS: 132100Z POSITION NEAR 29.8N 128.6E. TYPHOON (TY) 04W (MAN-YI) LOCATED APPROXIMATELY 250 NM SOUTH- SOUTHWEST OF SASEBO, JAPAN, HAS TRACKED NORTH-NORTHEASTWARD AT 10 KNOTS OVER THE PAST 06 HOURS. THE CURRENT INTENSITY IS BASED UPON SATELLITE INTENSITY ESTIMATES RANGING FROM 77 TO 90 KNOTS. THE STORM IS BEGINNING TO WEAKEN AS IT ENCOUNTERS INCREASING VERTICAL WIND SHEAR DUE TO THE MIDLATITUDE WESTERLIES. TY 04W IS FORECAST TO BEGIN EXTRATROPICAL TRANSITION BY TAU 12 AND WILL BE FULLY EXTRATROPICAL BY TAU 36. THE FORWARD TRACK SPEED WILL INCREASE AS THE STORM BEGINS EXTRATROPICAL TRANSITION. ALTHOUGH EXTRATROPICAL, IT WILL REMAIN A POWERFUL STORM WITH 60 KNOTS AS IT TRACKS OVER THE KANTO PLAIN. MAXIMUM SIGNIFICANT WAVE HEIGHT AT 131800Z IS 38 FEET. NEXT WARNINGS AT 140300Z, 140900Z, 141500Z AND 142100Z.// (http://i185.photobucket.com/albums/x171/Orientexpress-photos/typhoon4a.jpg) This is out her front door. |