Global Alliance For Disaster Reduction TYPHOON ROKE STRIKES JAPAN Three Weeks after Typhoon Talas (killed 67), and a M6.6 Earthquake Dr. Walter Hays, Global Alliance For Disaster Reduction More Supercourse lectures on Windstorms - http://www.pitt.edu/~super1/disasters/disasters.htm#OTHER_WINDSTORMS September 21, 2011
ANOTHER DISASTER IN JAPAN Six months after the M9.0 earthquake and deadly tsunami, Typhoon Roke brought 220 kph winds, 3 inches of rain per hour, flooding, and landslides.
PATHS OF THE 2011 TYPHOON SEASON
PATH OF TYPHOON TALAS
TYPHOON ROKE’S PATH
PRELIMINARY IMPACTS Evacuation advisories were sent to 1.2 million people on the Island of Honshu 550,500 in Central Japan were left without power. At least 13 dead.
PRELIMINARY IMPACTS Transportation disrupted Toyota and Nissan temporarily shut down production. http://wot.motortrend.com/typhoon-roke-causes-japanese-automakers-to-take-precautions-119889.html
TYPHOON ROKE’S DEVASTATION: SEPT 21, 2011
THE FUKUSHIMA POWER PLANT: NO PROBLEMS
TYPHOON ROKE: FLOODING