Two days ago Japan was hit by a massive typhoon. The international airport in
Osaka was flooded, stranding about 3000 people. My understanding is the airport
is built on reclaimed land and a bridge connects it to the main land. During the
typhoon a tanker ship smashed into the bridge, causing a lot of damage, closing the
bridge! In other areas cars and trucks were thrown about like toys, houses lost
roofs, part of the roof in Kyoto station came down, and signs were blown down.
Here is a link to Japan Times
https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2018/09/04/national/strong-typhoon-poised-make-landfall-shikoku-kii-peninsula-afternoon/#.W5BOAExuL5o
Hope that works, if not doing a search on typhoon 21 should bring up a load of
reports.
This morning Hannah put the news on, expecting more news on the typhoon or the
power harassment scandal that has dominated the news. Instead the news is about a
strong earthquake in Hokkaido! It hit in the early morning, about 3am and registered
as an M6. That is strong, the news is showing houses that have collapsed and constant after quakes.
Very scary. I know Hokkaido is the opposite end of Japan but these natural disasters
seem to be happening far too often! With disasters likes typhoons or heavy rain even
if the damage is extensive and there is a loss of life I always feel that I can prepare and
keep my family safe. Earthquakes just happen, any time! That to me is more scary!
Glad your area was safe. We just had a hurricane here in North Carolina, but our area was spared as at the last minute it swerved around us...lots of other areas had terrible flooding. Mother Nature is always a surprise.
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