Typhoon Ma-on heading northwest south of Japan

robdogbucky

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Sun Jul-17-11 10:15 AM
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Typhoon Ma-on heading northwest south of Japan

Source: NHK English World News

Typhoon Ma-on heading northwest south of Japan

A very large, strong typhoon is over the Pacific Ocean south of Japan.

The Meteorological Agency says typhoon Ma-on was moving north-northwest off Japan's southernmost island of Okinotorishima at 20 kilometers per hour on Sunday afternoon.

The typhoon has a central atmospheric pressure of 935 hectopascals and winds of up to 180 kilometers per hour are blowing near its center.

Sunday, July 17, 2011 12:55 +0900 (JST)

http://www3.nhk.or.jp/daily/english/17_08.html

Read more: http://www3.nhk.or.jp/daily/english/17_08.html

I'll keep this updated

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krispos42

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Sun Jul-17-11 10:24 AM
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1. Oh, that looks really bad.

Yikes. 180kph is 111 mph, a Category 3.

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Pharaoh

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Sun Jul-17-11 11:06 AM
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2. Boy those guys

are really getting fucked this year. What will this do to spread radiation all over the place?

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