Post by jody on Oct 1, 2012 22:46:24 GMT 10
It's worth watching the video. My parents were in a cyclone once....they said it was incredibly scary.
news.ninemsn.com.au/world/8541217/typhoon-blasts-car-across-japanese-car-park
The moment a car was lifted into the air and blasted nearly 100m across a car park by wild winds from typhoon Jelawat in Japan has been caught on video.
The footage, shot by US Marine Joseph Nolan and posted online, shows strong winds and rain battering the car park at an American Marine base on Japan's southern island of Okinawa.
Suddenly the wind tips a white car onto its side and blows it across the car park until it hits a low wall and is sent into a spectacular airborne spin.
The powerful typhoon, packing winds of up to 180km/h, left one dead and some 140 injured after tearing across Okinawa on Saturday, according to local media.
A 50-year-old Australian man was reportedly trapped underneath a fallen tree as the winds hit Osaka but was later rescued.
Jelawat hit the Japanese mainland on Sunday, sparking the evacuation of thousands as it made its way from central Aichi prefecture up the main island of Honshu, the Japan Meteorological Agency said.
The municipal government of the central city of Nagoya issued an evacuation advisory for 57,000 people living in 21,000 homes, due to the fear of flooding caused by rising river levels in the city, according to Jiji Press.
A further 11,000 were told to evacuate in the city of Ishinomaki in the country's northeast.
A 29-year-old man was swept away by high waves when Jelawat hit Okinawa and was later confirmed dead, while at least 140 people were injured in eight prefectures, according to public broadcaster NHK.
The typhoon is forecast to churn towards Tokyo over the next 24 hours and bring torrential rainfall and waves up to 10m high.
The meteorological agency predicted rainfall of up to 400mm in some areas in the 24 hours to Monday evening, Jiji Press said.
More than 500 flights, mainly in western Japan, were cancelled on Sunday and some shinkansen bullet train services across the country had been suspended, Kyodo said.
news.ninemsn.com.au/world/8541217/typhoon-blasts-car-across-japanese-car-park
The moment a car was lifted into the air and blasted nearly 100m across a car park by wild winds from typhoon Jelawat in Japan has been caught on video.
The footage, shot by US Marine Joseph Nolan and posted online, shows strong winds and rain battering the car park at an American Marine base on Japan's southern island of Okinawa.
Suddenly the wind tips a white car onto its side and blows it across the car park until it hits a low wall and is sent into a spectacular airborne spin.
The powerful typhoon, packing winds of up to 180km/h, left one dead and some 140 injured after tearing across Okinawa on Saturday, according to local media.
A 50-year-old Australian man was reportedly trapped underneath a fallen tree as the winds hit Osaka but was later rescued.
Jelawat hit the Japanese mainland on Sunday, sparking the evacuation of thousands as it made its way from central Aichi prefecture up the main island of Honshu, the Japan Meteorological Agency said.
The municipal government of the central city of Nagoya issued an evacuation advisory for 57,000 people living in 21,000 homes, due to the fear of flooding caused by rising river levels in the city, according to Jiji Press.
A further 11,000 were told to evacuate in the city of Ishinomaki in the country's northeast.
A 29-year-old man was swept away by high waves when Jelawat hit Okinawa and was later confirmed dead, while at least 140 people were injured in eight prefectures, according to public broadcaster NHK.
The typhoon is forecast to churn towards Tokyo over the next 24 hours and bring torrential rainfall and waves up to 10m high.
The meteorological agency predicted rainfall of up to 400mm in some areas in the 24 hours to Monday evening, Jiji Press said.
More than 500 flights, mainly in western Japan, were cancelled on Sunday and some shinkansen bullet train services across the country had been suspended, Kyodo said.
