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Typhoon Drowns Southern Japan

40 ft waves and 150mph winds; at least 17 injured,100,000 homes without power

By Dustin Lushing,  Newser Staff

Posted Jul 13, 2007 1:38 PM CDT
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(Newser) – A massive typhoon is pummeling the Japanese island of Okinawa, stirring up 40 foot waves and 150mph winds which are overturning trucks and ripping trees from the ground. Super typhoon Man-yi has injured at least 17 people and cut the electricity to nearly 100,000 homes. "This is one of the biggest typhoons we've experienced in Okinawa," says a local.

"We islanders are very nervous. It's fairly dangerous to go out or even drive a car as trash and broken trees are flying in the air." More than 320 flights have been canceled as the storm hastens north; Man-yi could bring landslides and flooding to Tokyo by Sunday morning, according to the Japanese weather bureau.

Firefighters from Naha Fire Department look up at a thin metallic object hanging from electric cables after it was apparently blown off a strong wind in Naha, Okinawa Prefecture (State), southwestern Japan, Friday, July 13, 2007. A powerful typhoon pounded Okinawa island chain Friday, injuring residents, cutting power to tens...
Firefighters from Naha Fire Department look up at a thin metallic object hanging from electric cables after it was apparently blown off a strong wind in Naha, Okinawa Prefecture (State), southwestern...   (Associated Press)
Surging waves hit the shore line as strong wind blows over the Amami Oshima island, southern Japan following the approach of a powerful typhoon Man-Yi, Friday, July 13, 2007. A powerful typhoon pounded Japan's southern Okinawa island chain Friday, injuring residents, cutting power to tens of thousands of households and...
Surging waves hit the shore line as strong wind blows over the Amami Oshima island, southern Japan following the approach of a powerful typhoon Man-Yi, Friday, July 13, 2007. A powerful typhoon pounded...   (Associated Press)
A vehicle is parked near the broken part of a seaside road which was partly washed away by high waves in Nago, Okinawa Prefecture (State), southwestern Japan, Friday, July 13, 2007. A powerful typhoon pounded Okinawa island chain Friday, injuring residents, cutting power to tens of thousands of households and...
A vehicle is parked near the broken part of a seaside road which was partly washed away by high waves in Nago, Okinawa Prefecture (State), southwestern Japan, Friday, July 13, 2007. A powerful typhoon...   (Associated Press)
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An editorial from June warns of unstable levees
Asahi Shimbun (Japan)

Forecasters uncertain if Man-yi will hit Korea
Chosun Ilbo (South Korea)

Evacuations begin on Kyushu
Bloomberg

 
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