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Powerful typhoon Hinnamnor brings strong winds to Okinawa
The typhoon, the 11th of the season, was expected to move slowly south of Okinawa before moving north and nearing the island prefecture around Saturday and Sunday. (Pexels photo)
TOKYO – Powerful typhoon Hinnamnor brought strong winds to the southern Japan prefecture of Okinawa on Thursday as it regained strength while moving near the island region.
The Japan Meteorological Agency raised the classification of the storm to “violent” in the morning after downgrading it to “very strong” on Wednesday evening, warning of strong gusts and high tides in Okinawa.
The typhoon, the 11th of the season, was expected to move slowly south of Okinawa before moving north and nearing the island prefecture around Saturday and Sunday.
The agency forecast winds of up to 108 kilometers per hour for Okinawa on Friday and up to 252 kph on Saturday with swells of up to seven meters on Friday and over nine meters on Saturday.
As of 9 a.m., Thursday, the typhoon was about 250 km south of Miyako Island, moving southwest at 25 kph. It had an atmospheric pressure of 920 hectopascals at its center and was packing winds of up to 270 kph, according to the agency.
Yonhap, the state weather agency of South Korea, on Thursday reported that “Hinnamnor” is approaching the Korean Peninsula, and the southern resort island of Jeju may come under its direct influence early next week. (Kyodo with reports from Yonhap)
Christopher Burac
September 1, 2022 at 11:05 PM
Do you guys know that according to the study climate change fuels strong typhoons? And we must all be aware what causes climate change, right? It’s because of us humans. This kind of typhoon only proves how powerful the mother nature is and we shouldn’t mess with it but we just did,and we always do. We’ve been warned already but we didn’t listen and now we must suffer the consequences. Nevertheless,I still hope for the safety of everyone especially that the life has been very tough to us already and this super typhoon will make our lives even tougher but we must face it no matter what. Hoping God will guide us and will keep us safe.