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jetdauwgg
07-08-14, 07:17 PM
http://www.slate.com/blogs/bad_astronomy/2014/07/08/typhoon_neoguri_huge_cyclone_heads_for_japan.html


People on the main island of Japan are preparing to get hit by the strongest cyclone the Western Pacific has seen in the 2014 season: Typhoon Neoguri. It has already passed over Okinawa, and its 190 kilometer per hour (118 mh) gusts left widespread damage and at least one person dead.


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The good news is that it’s drawing in dry air, which is weakening the system; cyclones like this need warm moisture for power. As I write this, its sustained winds are clocked at about 105 kph (66 mph), still very strong.

The size of the typhoon is incredible; it's easily thousands of kilometers across. Evacuations have been advised for hundreds of thousands of people in Japan, and tens of thousands are without power.

Kegler300
07-08-14, 07:32 PM
That's one big mama!!

jetdauwgg
07-08-14, 07:34 PM
Japan is still in recovery from 311. Yikes

Kegler300
07-08-14, 07:52 PM
Not good ...