Wednesday, September 21, 2011

Typhoon Roke taking Japanese Nuclear Plant

Typhoon Headed for Stricken Japanese Nuclear Plant, Typhoon Roke hits Japan, Typhoon batters Japan but nuclear plant safe, crashes into Japan, Causes Flooding, as It Crosses Japan

From bloomberg:

Roke, with winds of about 139 kilometers (86 miles) per hour, was near Motegi, Japan, about 145 kilometers north- northeast of Tokyo, according to an advisory at 8:40 p.m. local time by the Japanese Meteorological Agency. It was moving northeast at 55 kph.

The storm’s winds are expected to weaken to 120 kph from 148 kph as it approaches Fukushima as a Category 1 hurricane, the weakest on the five-step Saffir-Simpson scale..

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