Tropical Storms
In the Eastern Pacific:
Tropical Storm Fausto forms about 1230 mi...1980 km SW of the southern tip of Baja California with maximum sustained winds...45 mph...75 km/h. Present movement...W or 280 degrees at 14 mph...22 km/h.
In the Western Pacific:
located approximately 107 nm west of Kadena AB, has tracked northward at 15 knots over the past six hours. Maximum significant wave height at 080600z is 40 feet.
Japan braced itself on Tuesday for one of its worst storms in recent years as typhoon Neoguri barrelled towards the southern Okinawa island chain, with the national weather agency issuing its highest alert and nearly half-a-million people urged to take shelter. The top-level warning means a threat to life, as well as the risk of storm surges, landslides and massive damage from the typhoon packing gusts of up to 155 miles per hour. The Japan Meteorological Agency issued the alert for Okinawa's main island, home to around 1.2 million people, late on Monday, as well as the outlying Miyako islands.
The storm could reach the southern main island of Kyushu as early as Wednesday, with the weather agency warning that the amount of rainfall by Thursday could reach as much as 16 inches, posing a serious risk of landslides and flooding.
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