...in other weather news...
Sep. 6th, 2005 02:15 pmSUPA TAIFUUN NABI has breezed (hah!) across Kyushu as something between a Cat. 1 and Cat. 2 storm, currently blowing at 80 knots and gusting to 100. It's swinging up through the Sea of Japan, looking very much like it will bypass Honshu, and is predicted to be a mere tropical storm by the time it connects with Hokkaido. Yomimuri Online reports 45,000 evacuated, 18 missing although this apparently hasn't made the English version just yet (the english version does lead with the following story:
The [Japanese] Construction and Transport Ministry plans to send a team of ministry officials and experts to hurricane-ravaged New Orleans to conduct on-site research, a move aimed at studying safety measures for low-lying areas in Japan, according to ministry sources. (more)Seems like they got off pretty lightly, given that Nabi was a Cat. 5 for a bit.