Tornado Rips though eastern Japan, injuring dozens

[AsahinaKimi]

KOSHIGAYA —

Several dozen people were injured when a tornado ripped through parts of eastern Japan on Monday, tearing off roofs and uprooting buildings.

Footage on public broadcaster NHK showed a number of homes destroyed, upturned cars, schools with shattered windows and a warehouse that had been lifted from its foundations and hurled into other buildings in Koshigaya, north of Tokyo.

An AFP journalist in the city saw roof tiles scattered all over the streets, with locals outside inspecting their battered homes and emergency vehicles at the scene.

Residents were being prevented from re-entering their houses for fear of collapse.

Some electricity poles had been snapped and a number of them had hit houses as they fell, worsening the damage.

more..http://www.japantoday.com/category/national/view/tornado-rips-through-eastern-japan-injuring-dozens

[LostOne4Ever]

1. That is horrible

But at least it looks like there were no fatalities.

I hope the injured all get better and that Koshigaya is able to rebuild quickly.

[newfie11]

2. Poor people in Japan

They deserve a break!

[kestrel91316]

3. That looks like the ones we get here in SoCal that come off the coast in the winter when air is

unstable from storms moving through. F1, and good at damaging mobile homes and flinging garden sheds about.

[dixiegrrrrl]

4. Does Japan get amny tornadoes???

Somehow one does not think of twisters in Japan.

[Art_from_Ark]

5. Last year there was a devastating tornado near me

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http://news.nationalpost.com/2012/05/07/photos-of-the-devastation-after-a-tornado-hits-japan/

They are rare but not unheard of, especially in this part of Japan (northern Tokyo Metro Area). The Tsukuba tornado was actually part of a 3-tornado cell (2 other concurrent tornadoes in nearby areas), but most of the damage occurred in Tsukuba.

[Art_from_Ark]

6. There was another tornado in Japan today

This time it was in the city of Yaita, about 60-70 miles north of yesterday's tornado.

This is getting weird...

http://www.huffingtonpost.jp/2013/09/04/yaita_tornado_n_3863764.html?utm_hp_ref=japan

[dixiegrrrrl]

7. Japan averages about 20 tornadoes a year, according to weather.com meteorologist Chris Dolce.

I just read that this am..
had no idea.

http://www.wunderground.com/news/tornadoes-tear-across-northern-japan-dozens-injured-20130903

[Art_from_Ark]

8. This is what I dug up on a Japanese site

気象庁によると、日本では過去5年間で、年間平均約23個の竜巻が発生しています。意外に多いと感じるかもしれません。竜巻は日本のどこででも発生しており、特に沿岸部で多く確認されています。季節に関わらず、台風や寒冷前線、低気圧などに伴い発生します。台風シーズンの9月、10月にもっとも多く確認されています。

"According to the Japan Meterological Agency, over the past 5 years Japan has averaged 23 tornadoes a year. That's probably higher than what one might expect. Tornadoes can occur anywhere in Japan, but especially along coastal areas. They can occur in any season, in conjunction with typhoons, cold fronts, low pressure systems, and so on. The largest number occur during the typhoon season of September and October."

http://news.mynavi.jp/news/2013/09/02/202/

[Jamastiene]

9. There have been tornadoes on every continent except Antarctica.

They occur less often outside the US, but they do occur.