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'Super Typhoon' possibly hitting Japan this weekend [update: at least 66 dead so far]

Fuchs

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Just went down to 7-Eleven next to my apartment complex.
Seems fine so far and they've also stocked up on a few perishable food items already.
 
Mik2121

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CHUNKYBOWSER said:
It's ridiculous honestly. The over-precaution is unnecessary and will only lead to a boy who cried wolf situation when a serious typhoon hits.

I'm also in Osaka and it's only drizzling rain here. I'm at the barber shop waiting to get my haircut.
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I guess it's hard to blame them this time, since the typhoon las year was quite something.
But yeah, here in Osaka at least it's quite alright. I guess parts of Kobe might get the landslides and also the Kanto area is getting hit worse... but at least for Osaka, yep, even flood alerts feel a bit ridiculous. And it seems like it won't get much worse for us here...?
 
ZeroDS

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It's the biggest it's been for a long tine and people still saying It's an overreaction lol.
Already bad flooding in parts of Shizuoka and someone's already died in Chiba cause of the wind.

But yeah overreacting
 
MistaTwo

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CHUNKYBOWSER said:
It's ridiculous honestly. The over-precaution is unnecessary and will only lead to a boy who cried wolf situation when a serious typhoon hits.

I'm also in Osaka and it's only drizzling rain here. I'm at the barber shop waiting to get my haircut.
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That's a very unlikely scenario. The Japanese public rarely have that much of a knee jerk reaction and places like Chiba and Shizuoka are probably going to get quite a bit of damage as it stands.

Over-precaution is one of the reasons why Japan weathers disasters without incurring a huge loss of life on most occasions, despite being in one of the most disaster prone areas in the world.
 

Pedrito

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Mik2121 said:
Alert level 3 here in Osaka now (basically stay at home, and evacuate older people). Though it's otherwise generally fine (I'm on the train now), it seems like Shizuoka and all that area is, indeed, getting hit big time.

Everyone in Japan stay safe 🖖
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Any chance they could close the loop line/metros early? I wanna go hang out in the malls/tunnels around Osaka station/Umeda, or maybe go to one of the covered arcades to not completely lose the day, but I don't want to get stranded tonight.
 
morierr

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Oct 27, 2017
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Help: I am on holiday here in japan, currently staying in Akasaka in Tokyo. I am really unprepared for the typhoon. I don't have much food :/ Will shops be back open tomorrow?
 
mozbar

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morierr said:
Help: I am on holiday here in japan, currently staying in Akasaka in Tokyo. I am really unprepared for the typhoon. I don't have much food :/ Will shops be back open tomorrow?
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Just moved back to Japan and am currently staying in Akasaka. Shops will be open tomorrow and a few places were open today.
 
MikeHattsu

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Data from Japan's land ministry shows that as of noon on Saturday, some rivers had exceeded the flood level.

They are: in Gunma Prefecture, eastern Japan, the Kabura River in Shimonita Town and Tomioka City, and the Inogawa River in Takasaki City; in Shizuoka Prefecture, central Japan, the Okitsu River in Shizuoka City, the Shuzenji River in Izu City, and the Ushibuchi River in Kikugawa City; in Mie Prefecture, central Japan, the Kamogawa River in Toba City and the Isuzu River in Ise City; and in Kanagawa Prefecture, south of Tokyo, the Hayakawa River in Hakone Town.
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Isuzu River in Ise:


 
CHUNKYBOWSER

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MistaTwo said:
That's a very unlikely scenario. The Japanese public rarely have that much of a knee jerk reaction and places like Chiba and Shizuoka are probably going to get quite a bit of damage as it stands.

Over-precaution is one of the reasons why Japan weathers disasters without incurring a huge loss of life on most occasions, despite being in one of the most disaster prone areas in the world.
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I agree that in the current situation the warnings for Tokyo are legitimate.

My post was more about Osaka, where there's virtually no dangerous weather at the moment and events are being canceled left and right. Some events tomorrow are canceled as well even though the forecast shows no rain and the typhoon will be long gone by then.

I guess I'm just venting some frustration about the unnecessary inconvenience when it's so clear that Osaka was never going to be in much danger.
 
Itsuki

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Oct 26, 2017
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Received an evacuation alert because of flood. Most of the Koto area that's near Edogawa has to evacuate or go to the third floor of a building.
 

Typhonsentra

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Oct 27, 2017
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Been at the airport for over 10 hours, my flight through Japan as a connecting flight keeps getting delayed into Oblivion.
 
Batatina

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I'll be going there next week, I wonder what kind of picture I'm about to see. I'm hoping for the best for you all, I have a friend currently there and she is absolutely terrified.
 
Illuvatar

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Jan 22, 2019
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Ichikawa, Chiba here. Our city has evacuation orders for some parts of the city but just a few. I really hope we can stay since we also have two cats (one of whom is very sick) that are not allowed in the evacuation center.
 
MikeHattsu

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Authorities have now ordered more than 600,000 people in 10 prefectures in eastern, central, and northeastern Japan to evacuate their homes immediately as Typhoon Hagibis lashes Japan.

As of 5 p.m. Saturday, the directives apply to about 619,000 residents in Fukushima, Gunma, Saitama, Chiba, Tokyo, Kanagawa, Yamanashi, Nagano, Shizuoka, and Mie prefectures.

An evacuation order means authorities consider the likelihood of a disaster to be imminent, and are urging people to immediately move to safety.

Evacuation advisories are in place for about 7.97 million people.
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Edit: Updated numbers.
 
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Benjamin

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Nov 11, 2017
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I'm stuck in Shizuoka. Flight home cancelled and rail pass now expired.

Apparently this is right near the eye. I'm locked in my hotel but no windows or anything to see. All I hear is very heavy rain. It's been like that since last night, so I can imagine there will be plenty of flooding and landslides.
 
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