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#PrayForJapan - they're undergoing the worst typhoon in six decades plus had a 5.3 mag earthquake this morning. ------------------------------------- Hagibis leaves damage across Japan 1 hour ago Typhoon Hagibis has caused death and destruction across Japan. Three people have died, one other was found without vital signs, 17 people remain missing, and more than 90 people were injured. https://www3.nhk.or.jp/nhkworld/en/news/20191013_24/ ------------------------------------- Tokyo area shuts down as powerful typhoon lashes Japan By YURI KAGEYAMA and JAE C. HONG October 12, 2019 TOKYO (AP) — A heavy downpour and strong winds pounded Tokyo and surrounding areas on Saturday as a powerful typhoon forecast to be Japan’s worst in six decades made landfall and passed over the capital, where streets, nearby beaches and train stations were long deserted. ... “Be ready for rainfall of the kind that you have never experienced,” said meteorological agency official Yasushi Kajihara, adding that areas usually safe from disasters may prove vulnerable. ... Hagibis, which means “speed” in Filipino, was advancing north-northwestward with maximum sustained winds of 144 kilometers (90 miles) per hour, according to the meteorological agency. It was traveling northward at a speed of 40 kph (25 mph). ... An earthquake shook the area drenched by the rainfall shortly before the typhoon made landfall in Shizuoka prefecture Saturday evening. but there were no immediate reports of damage. The U.S. Geological Survey said the magnitude 5.3 quake was centered in the ocean off the coast of Chiba, near Tokyo, and was fairly deep, at 59.5 kilometers (37 miles). Deep quakes tend to cause less damage than shallow ones. ... https://apnews.com/ef9d4dcdb68b4d15a39b30c89a84b5b9 ------------------------------------- English-language weather analysis (uses metric measurements for wind and rain) from Japanese broadcaster NHK: https://www3.nhk.or.jp/nhkworld/en/news/20191013_80/ ------------------------------------- RSOE EDIS - Emergency and Disaster Information Service - shows the hurricane, earthquake and other disaster info currently ongoing in Japan (orange 2 plus the red line = hurricane, yellow diamonds show tornadoes and volcanic eruption, red and white squares show 5.3Mag earthquake of 12th Oct 2019 09:21 AM, green shows locations where Classical Swine Fever has hit): http://hisz.rsoe.hu/alertmap/index2.php