Advertisement

Typhoon 16W (Bolaven), # 19: Okinawa enters TCCOR 1-SW

Approaching Typhoon Bolaven taken from Ikei island Saturday late afternoon as the storm approached Okinawa. Courtesy Derrick Stamos
By Dave Ornauer
Published: August 26, 2012
280812TYPHOONphoto02_web
Typhoon Bolaven seen approaches the Ikei Big Time Resort on the island of Okinawa, which had been evacuated and closed before the storm.
Courtesy of Derrick Stamos

2:30 Monday, Aug. 27, Japan time: Tropical Cyclone Condition of Readiness 1-SW -- for Storm Watch -- has been issued for Okinawa. This mean it now is safe to go outside. Assessment teams still will fan out to survey and check for damage, flooding, downed power lines and tree limbs, etc. Okinawa was still being lashed by 48 mph winds and heavy rains into evening and possibly early Tuesday morning.

Advertisement
Comments Policy
 
Advertisement
Pacific Storm Tracker Archives
2013 (4)
2012 (143)
2011 (112)
2010 (87)

 

Stay safe and informed

 

About the Author


Dave Ornauer has been with Stars and Stripes since March 5, 1981. One of his first assignments as a beat reporter in the old Japan News Bureau was “typhoon chaser,” a task which he resumed virtually full time since 2004, the year after his job, as a sports writer-photographer, moved to Okinawa and Ornauer with it.

As a typhoon reporter, Ornauer pores over Web sites managed by the Joint Typhoon Warning Center as well as U.S. government, military and local weather outlets for timely, topical information. Pacific Storm Tracker is designed to take the technical lingo published on those sites and simplify it for the average Stripes reader.