Tuesday, September 20, 2011

1.3 Million Evacuate In Preparation for Typhoon

Image: Flooded vehicles
Flooding due to immense rains as a Typoon looms on Nagoya
A typhoon which is the Pacific Ocean's version of a Hurricane in the Atlantic is about to strike Japan in the following days is already taking it's toll on Kyoto. Floods are the result of horrific rains that is forcing evacuations in the area. 1.3 Million people are encouraged to evacuate their town of Kyoto while another 80,000 people have already evacuated in the town of Moriyama. Those are just the major evacuations others were in surrounding towns and the city of Nagoya. Two people are missing as a result of the flooding rivers, the search is still underway. The acutal typhoon is expected to slam Tokyo at 2-4am this morning, although if it goes far right of the track it could potentially miss Japan altogether.
Image: Flooded street
Flooding is Nagoya

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