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Wed Aug 28, 2024, 06:01 AM Aug 28

Japan issues emergency warning as Typhoon Shanshan approaches

https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2024/8/28/japan-issues-emergency-warning-as-typhoon-shanshan-approaches

Japan issues emergency warning as Typhoon Shanshan approaches

Authorities on Kyushu and Honshu islands order evacuations and carmaker Toyota suspends operations at 14 plants.

28 Aug 2024

Japan has issued an emergency warning as a powerful typhoon approaches its southwest, prompting carmaker Toyota to shutter factories and airlines to cancel flights.

The Japan Meteorological Agency (JMA) on Wednesday estimated that Typhoon Shanshan was situated 70km (43 miles) from Yakushima island at 2pm (05:00 GMT), heading north towards Kagoshima and Miyazaki prefectures on the southwestern Kyushu island, public broadcaster NHK reported.

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SOURCE: AL JAZEERA AND NEWS AGENCIES

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Japan issues emergency warning as Typhoon Shanshan approaches (Original Post) sl8 Aug 28 OP
Link to the latest from Joint Typhoon Warning Center nitpicked Aug 28 #1
Thanks. nt sl8 Aug 28 #2

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1. Link to the latest from Joint Typhoon Warning Center
Wed Aug 28, 2024, 06:38 AM
Aug 28


https://www.metoc.navy.mil/jtwc/products/wp1124web.txt

It states sustained winds of 100 knots, gusts to 125 knots. ((That's about 115 mph and a bit over 140 mph, respectively.))
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