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Typhoon wind storm knocks down large windmill

Typhoon 20 passed through Kinki from Shikoku overnight.  In Awajishima, a lot of damage such as knocking down the windmill weighing 101 tons came out.

Typhoon 20 which passed to the Sea of ​​Japan once changed shape to temperate low pressure and this time it is headed for Tohoku and Hokkaido. Typhoon 20 that landed in Tokushima Prefecture on 23th night and traversed west Japan. This year, the maximum instantaneous wind speed of 52.3 meters in Fukenjima in Wakayama Prefecture this year, the strongest winds blown throughout the country caused damage of windstorms in various places. In the general shrine of Kyoto city, a tree with a height of 15 meters, which is said to be hundreds of years old, was broken and the hall of worship collapsed. Typhoon No.2’s storm was tying down even bigger ones. A windstorm about 60 meters tall and weighing 101 tons windmill breaks. In Nishinomiya-shi, Hyogo Prefecture, part of the roof of the apartment was peeled and dropped to the parking lot. The car has become the underlay of the roof. In Sakai City, Osaka Prefecture, 24 people were injured, mainly in the Kinki district, including a 70-year-old woman who had fallen with a strong wind suffered serious injuries to break his legs. Record rain also fell. The record short-term heavy rain information defined as occurring only once in several years was issued 14 times from the 23rd night to the early 24th, mainly in the Kinki district. Kumano river flowing through the prefectural border between Wakayama and Mie prefectures overflowing, flooding on the floor one after another. One dawn, residents were being forced to sink mud. The temperate low pressure of former typhoon 20 is expected to approach Hokkaido and Tohoku after this. The situation that the mind is out of sight continues.

 

Source: ANN NEWS

Typhoon wind storm knocks down large windmill
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