Japan - Tornado-like wind destroys house, kills 3 in Kagoshima Pref.

[makoto]

Tornado-like wind destroys house, kills 3 in Kagoshima Pref.

KAGOSHIMA (Kyodo) -- Strong wind, believed to be a tornado, destroyed a house in the town of Tokunoshima in Kagoshima Prefecture on Friday evening, leaving three people dead, police said.
Tokunoshima by google map
http://mdn.mainichi.jp/mdnnews/national/archive/news/2011/11/19/20111119p2g00m0dm018000c.html

 

[makoto]

Re: Japan - Tornado-like wind destroys house, kills 3 in Kagoshima Pref.

Tornado-like wind: Tornado
Fujita scale: F1 ~ F2


jma http://translate.google.co.jp/translate?sl=ja&tl=en&js=n&prev=_t&hl=ja&ie=UTF-8&layout=2&eotf=1&u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.data.jma.go.jp%2Fobd%2Fstats%2Fdata%2Fbosai%2Ftornado%2Fnew%2Flist_new.html Traduction by google
http://translate.google.co.jp/translate?sl=ja&tl=en&js=n&prev=_t&hl=ja&ie=UTF-8&layout=2&eotf=1&u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.data.jma.go.jp%2Fobd%2Fstats%2Fdata%2Fbosai%2Ftornado%2Fnew%2F2011111801%2F20111119_kagoshima.pdf

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[makoto]

Re: Japan - Tornado-like wind destroys house, kills 3 in Kagoshima Pref.

victim, Yoshida's dog survived

mainichi jp http://mainichi.jp/select/weathernews/graph/20111118/