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Fukushima To Be 'BLASTED' By Supertyphoon Neoguri. Scary FACTS.

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Supertyphoon Neoguri is expected to blast Fukushima, according to a recent report by the Washington Post. The monster cyclone is now beating Okinawa and strengthening before it takes its powerful swings at Japan. Conditions are deteriorating in its path, according to a storm chaser now on the scene.

 

“Howling, rattling windows, near-hurricane gusts lash Miyako-jima as #TyphoonNeoguri closes in,” tweeted Josh Morgerman @HurricaneJosh, a storm chaser.

 

The storm is now packing maximum sustained winds of 125m/h, making it the equivalent of a Category Three hurricane. Earlier Monday, the Joint Typhoon Warning Center predicted it would intensify from a Category Four Super Typhoon storm into a Category Five monster. As of 4 p.m. ET, the forecast shows it weakening — but remaining a typhoon as it curves toward Japan.

 

Will Neoguri bash Japan badly enough to be the ultimate final blow to Fukushima nuclear facility, crippled and leaking more irradiated water into the Pacific daily? That’s the burning question many are wondering Monday night. The Washington Post reports on what various experts are saying, showing no consensus on what to expect from Neoguri, that means raccoon in Korean, except for one thing: the already highly dangerous nuclear facility is not the only one of concern.

 

Neoguri Nuclear Facts

 

The storm has already actually “weakened modestly” due to both a structural re-organization known as an eyewall replacement cycle and some dry air wrapping into its center.  

 

The Joint Typhoon Warning Center, however, predicts the sprawling cyclone to re-intensify, with maximum sustained winds reaching as high as 160 mph in approximately 24 hours.  If it does reach this intensity, it would match the strongest storm on the planet so far in 2014 (tropical cyclone Gillian, from the Australia cyclone region).

 

WeatherBell Analytics meteorologist Ryan Maue calls Neoguri a “run-of-the-mill super typhoon.” He’s skeptical it it will attain such extreme intensity.

 

“Its [large] size is working against it,” Maue said. “I’m not buying the eyewall replacement cycle bringing it back to life.”

 

The storm is on course to make landfall on July 9 local time in southwest Japan, on Kyushu island near Nagasaki, before moving rapidly northeastward.

 

Whether the storm intensifies as some predict or not, it should begin steadily weakening in 36 hours, as it moves into cooler water and makes landfall in southwest Japan. The problem is that cyclones, like their eastern siblings, hurricanes, can be fickle, at the expense of lives and property.

 

As it stands now, Miyako Islands is to experience the worst of the super typhoon, according to. Reports Mashable’s Andrew Freedman:

The eyewall of Super Typhoon #Noeguri is approaching the Miyako Islands, where “Emergency Warnings” are in effect.

 

Landfall in southwest mainland Japan should occur around July 9 local time.

 

“Though it will weaken by then, winds could still be over 100 mph by the time it reaches the main islands of Kyushu, Shikoku and western portions of Honshu, home to tens of millions of people,” predicts The Weather Channel.

 

Jeff Masters of Weather Underground expects significant flooding when the storm comes ashore:

 

Fukushima is north of Tokyo on Japan’s largest island, Honshu. By the time the typhoon reaches there, it is forecast to be considerably weaker. Below, however, is the bottom line regarding Fukushima, as of Monday afternoon:

 

“Much of Japan is likely to be impacted, as the projected track carries the storm right through its heart,” according to the Washington Post.

 

While areas in southwest Japan, such as Sasebo are to bear the brunt of the storm, “torrential rain and strong winds will blast through the country, including Kyoto and Tokyo.”

 

Adding to the threatening storm’s pounding Fukushima nuclear plant is workers there have only eight more days to prevent radiation leaks causing temperatures to exceed “dangerous levels.”

 

More: Super Typhoon Neoguri To Hit Near Out-Of-Control Fukushima. ‘GAME OVER’?

 

Furthermore, Fukushima is not the only nuclear facility at greater risk this hour, as Mother Jones highlights. A number of other reactors are spread across the islands. The most exposed will be the southwestern island of Kyushu, where the forecast has the typhoon making its first major landfall.

 

There are two nuclear plants on the island, a company spokeswoman for Kyushu Electric Power Co. said, according to Reuters news agency.

 

The spokesperson said the company ”has plans in place throughout the year to protect the plants from severe weather.”

 

Will that be good enough?

 

Edwin Lyman, senior scientist in the global security program at Union of Concerned Scientists, says the good news overall is that Japan’s nuclear plants are now shut down, waiting for permission to restart as they institute stronger safety protections, including construction of higher seawalls.

 

A shut-down plant is still not without risks, however.

 

“You still have to provide cooling for the fuel,” says Lyman.

 

Overall, however, he thinks that newer protections along with the fact that the plants have been cooling while shut down, suggests less vulnerability than existed in 2011.

 

“I would say that they’re probably in a better position than they were to withstand massive flooding from a typhoon, and the fact that the reactors have been shut for some time, increases the level of confidence,” Lyman says.

 

“But there’s still issues, and we’ll just have to hope that if there’s a massive flooding event at one of the reactors, that the measures they’ve already put into place will be adequate to cope with them.”

 

Source: Washington Post, Before It’s News, Mother Jones

Images: Twitter



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    • Lord Humongous!

      Uuumm ok…By the time it reaches Fukushima it will barely be a Cat 1 Hurricane…Relax

      • Deborah Dupre

        Mr. Humongous, Ever been in a Hurricane? I have – many times. Between the flooding, downed power lines along with winds – even that far from the eye wall – those nuclear plants are nothing to be relaxed about. I do, however, hope and pray this weakens enough to cause no more danger ot the Japanese and the world. Fukushima is doing enough to poison everyone as it is.

    • Mazakman

      Thanks for the heads up Deb,
      It looks like it is going to weaken to 60 miles an hour by the time it gets to Fukushima but that is still a high wind and I’m sure there will be swells. In saying that the weather is unpredictable, I’ll have my eyes open. Thanks again.

      Maz

    • Addee

      The main problem is not the plant itself. The problem is with the nuclear waste fuel rods that have become too radioactive to use. They must be kept cool or they burn and explode. As a result of that explosion, from what I have read, over 14,000 Hiroshima bomb’s worth of radiation enters the environment. I think most of this radiation is in the form of cesium 137. Cesium 137 has a half-life of 30 years, and remains radioactive for thousands of years. After the rods are first removed from the nuclear reactor core, they require 5 years to cool down enough to encase them in concrete. I would think hurricanes and the force of water could split the concrete open. They have not found a satisfactory way to deal with this form of nuclear waste. I think in all nuclear plants, the moveable waste should be transferred to far less vulnerable areas of land. This is a problem world-wide.

    • ghostlea

      I heard about this and desided to look it up on USGS site his rose. It was true.on a predicted path to the left of Japan. Two day later the TS was at the bottom of Japan on a predicted path ,now going over the top of the nuclear power plant. Today its heading out to sea. How can this be, it looks like it never got anywhere near Japan. Something is very wrong or it just get moved by the dragons triangle miles away!!!!!!

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