Typhoon Melor Aims at Japan
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Satellite image of Typhoon Melor as it approaches Japan's southern islands.
Japan is on high alert today as Typhoon Melor approaches.
The Category 3 Typhoon is packing winds of 125 mph as it accelerates toward Japan. Landfall with Melor is forecast to be in between Kyoto and Tokyo. This storm could cause considerable damage to central Japan.
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Melor is generating waves as high as 38 feet according to statements from the Joint Typhoon Warning Center.
REMARKS:
061500Z POSITION NEAR 26.0N 130.7E.
TYPHOON (TY) 20W (MELOR), LOCATED APPROXIMATELY 165 NM EAST-
SOUTHEAST OF OKINAWA, JAPAN, HAS TRACKED NORTH-NORTHWESTWARD AT 14
KNOTS OVER THE PAST SIX HOURS. MAXIMUM SIGNIFICANT WAVE HEIGHT AT
061200Z IS 38 FEET.
It is interesting that while the Atlantic hurricane season has been very quiet, the western Pacific has seen a series of destructive storms.
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Typhoon Parma (now Tropical Storm Parma) dumped as much as 56 inches of rain in eastern Taiwan and flooded the Philippines causing at least 22 deaths.
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