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A powerful typhoon threatens Japan: 14,000 people were evacuated
About 14,000 people have received eviction Tuesday in southwestern Japan in the context of approaching Typhoon Roke. Authorities fear that flooding will cause atmospheric depression and landslides, which is the 15th typhoon to hit Japan since the beginning of the year.The typhoon is vulnerable in the way of Awaji Island in the Sea of Japan, where over 7,000 people have received eviction.A difficult situation is reported in Miyazaki Prefecture in southwestern island of Kyushu, for which currently goes typhoon. Torrential rains have already departed Wakayama prefecture on Honshu island on the coast, where a series of dams gave way in the water which threatened the area already hit by the tsunami on 11 March with new major flooding.Wind speed reached 50 m / sec, but forecasters expect an increase in wind gusts to Wednesday.In early October, several areas of the Japanese archipelago have been affected by Typhoon Talas, who left behind 63 dead and about 40 people missing.
