Thread by @KjeldDuits

#HAGIBIS #TYPHOON COMING TO #JAPAN

In #Tokyo's #Shibuya ward, you notice little of the threatening storm that is approaching

Until you want to get water or cash

None of the stores I visited had large water bottles (even though they bought extra stock), ATM's had people waiting

#HAGIBIS #TYPHOON COMING TO #JAPAN

Apparently there also many stores where far more than water has been sold out

#Tokyo and surrounding areas seem to be getting ready for something serious

https://twitter.com/jt_osaki/status/1182575301366140928?s=20

#HAGIBIS #TYPHOON COMING TO #JAPAN

Weather warnings by the Japan Meteorological Agency as of 17:39 JST on Oct 11

The typhoon is not expected in Tokyo until Saturday

More information at jma.go.jp/en/warn/index.…

#HAGIBIS #TYPHOON COMING TO #JAPAN

The Japan Meteorological Agency warns that that Hagibis could bring record-breaking rain like that brought by a typhoon in 1958

That one left 1269 people dead or missing…

mainichi.jp/english/articl…

#HAGIBIS #TYPHOON COMING TO #JAPAN

The atmospheric pressure at the center of Hagibis is currently extremely low at 915hPa (source: Japan Meteorological Agency)

This indicates violent winds

The lowest measured in #Tokyo is 952hPa

In 1917!

It was devastating

#HAGIBIS #TYPHOON COMING TO #JAPAN

Trains and flights scheduled to be suspended

mainichi.jp/english/articl…

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A few suggestions for preparing for the typhoon by @themainichi

mainichi.jp/english/articl…

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As usual, be sure to follow #Tokyo based storm chaser James Reynolds at @EarthUncutTV to see what the typhoon is up to

He is covering Hagibis from the Izu Peninsula

@themainichi @EarthUncutTV #HAGIBIS #TYPHOON COMING TO #JAPAN

Photos of Japan preparing for Hagibis, by @themainichi

mainichi.jp/english/graphs…

@themainichi @EarthUncutTV #HAGIBIS #TYPHOON COMING TO #JAPAN

The Japanese government is urging foreign visitors to download an app called "Safety Tips"

apps.apple.com/jp/app/safety-…

@themainichi @EarthUncutTV #HAGIBIS #TYPHOON COMING TO #JAPAN

The Japan National Tourism Organization (JNTO) has a special Twitter account to inform foreign visitors about natural disasters: @JapanSafeTravel

@themainichi @EarthUncutTV @JapanSafeTravel #HAGIBIS #TYPHOON COMING TO #JAPAN

What makes Hagibis so dangerous?

@NHKWORLD_News explains:

www3.nhk.or.jp/nhkworld/en/ne…

@themainichi @EarthUncutTV @JapanSafeTravel @NHKWORLD_News #HAGIBIS #TYPHOON COMING TO #JAPAN

Airlines in Japan will cancel more than 1,600 domestic flights on Saturday due to Hagibis, reports NHK

Some 240 international flights have already been cancelled, too

www3.nhk.or.jp/nhkworld/en/ne…

@themainichi @EarthUncutTV @JapanSafeTravel @NHKWORLD_News #HAGIBIS #TYPHOON COMING TO #JAPAN

Hagibis is whipping up some mighty waves

Footage by @EarthUncutTV

https://twitter.com/EarthUncutTV/status/1182622668949843968?s=20

@themainichi @EarthUncutTV @JapanSafeTravel @NHKWORLD_News #HAGIBIS #TYPHOON COMING TO #JAPAN

Summary on typhoon Hagibis by @japantimes

japantimes.co.jp/news/2019/10/1…

@themainichi @EarthUncutTV @JapanSafeTravel @NHKWORLD_News @japantimes #HAGIBIS #TYPHOON COMING TO #JAPAN

@japantimes has a live blog for typhoon Hagibis:

disaster.japantimes.co.jp

@themainichi @EarthUncutTV @JapanSafeTravel @NHKWORLD_News @japantimes #HAGIBIS #TYPHOON COMING TO #JAPAN

More information about train lines in Tokyo shutting down on Saturday

Not mentioned here is that many Tokyo subway lines stop running, too

After 3 pm, it looks like, there is almost no train running in Tokyo tomorrow

asahi.com/ajw/articles/A…

https://twitter.com/earthuncuttv/status/1182794391703838721?s=21

#TYPHOON #HAGIBIS IN #JAPAN

Hagibis is close to Honshu now. Heavy rain here in #Tokyo

#TYPHOON #HAGIBIS IN #JAPAN

Many supermarkets in the Kanto region will be closing by noon today

Even many convenience stores are planning to close, that doesn't happen often

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LEVEL 3

Do you live in #Tokyo's #Toshima Ward?
Prepare for evacuation

Evacuations for the elderly and those with special needs should be started immediately

Check the warnings of your local area!

Level 4 = Evacuate now

https://twitter.com/toshimabousai/status/1182808626605506560?s=20

#TYPHOON #HAGIBIS IN #JAPAN

LEVEL 4

Evacuation advisory for #Kawagoe's #Terao district

Evacuate immediately to the nearest shelter

If it is difficult to reach an evacuation center, go to the highest possible place such as the second floor of your home

https://twitter.com/KawagoeshiBosai/status/1182825057740972032?s=20

#TYPHOON #HAGIBIS IN #JAPAN

LEVEL 4

Many areas in #Yokohama's #Seya and #Kanazawa wards have evacuation advisories

Evacuate immediately to the nearest shelter

If impossible, go to the highest possible place such as the 2nd floor of your home

city.yokohama.lg.jp/kurashi/bousai…

#TYPHOON #HAGIBIS IN #JAPAN

LEVEL 4

Evacuation advisory for #Tokyo's #Shinagawa and #Minato wards, reports @tokyo_suibo

Evacuate to the nearest shelter

If impossible, go to the highest possible place such as the 2nd floor of your home

https://twitter.com/tokyo_suibo/status/1182831507594829827?s=20

@tokyo_suibo #TYPHOON #HAGIBIS IN #JAPAN

LEVEL 4

Do you live in #Narita?

Check if you live in a landslide disaster caution area (土砂災害警戒区域)

The city has issued an Evacuation Level 4 advisory for these areas

Evacuate to the nearest shelter

https://twitter.com/bousai_narita/status/1182823999484514304?s=20

@tokyo_suibo #TYPHOON #HAGIBIS IN #JAPAN

#Tokyo's site with disaster prevention information

Machine translated, so rather difficult to understand if you can't read Japanese

bousai.metro.tokyo.lg.jp

@tokyo_suibo #TYPHOON #HAGIBIS IN #JAPAN

The Japan Meteorological Agency has issued warnings for most of Japan

Click on the map on this site for detailed information: jma.go.jp/en/warn/

And check with your local authorities

Evacuations are issued locally!

@tokyo_suibo #TYPHOON #HAGIBIS IN #JAPAN

Real-time flood risk map of the Japan Meteorological Agency

See the latest info at jma.go.jp/en/suigaimesh/…

@tokyo_suibo #TYPHOON #HAGIBIS IN #JAPAN

Real-time landslide risk map of the Japan Meteorological Agency

See the latest info at jma.go.jp/en/doshamesh/

@tokyo_suibo #TYPHOON #HAGIBIS IN #JAPAN

LEVEL 4

#Tokyo's #Machida (@machidatokyo) has issued evacuation advisories for areas near rivers and in areas with danger of landslides

Evacuate to the nearest shelter

https://twitter.com/machidatokyo/status/1182808238569340928?s=20

@tokyo_suibo @machidatokyo #TYPHOON #HAGIBIS IN #JAPAN

LEVEL 4

#Tokyo's #Kawasaki City has issued evacuation advisories for specific areas in Sachi, Nakahara, Takatsu, Miyamae, Tama and Asao wards

A siren will sound around the target area

https://twitter.com/kawasaki_bousai/status/1182823387002896385?s=20

#TYPHOON #HAGIBIS IN #JAPAN

LEVEL 4

#Chiba's Narashino City has issued an evacuation advisory for the whole city

Evacuate to the nearest shelter

If impossible, go to the highest possible place such as the 2nd floor of your home

https://twitter.com/Narashino_EI/status/1182824939298025473?s=20

#TYPHOON #HAGIBIS IN #JAPAN

LEVEL 4

#Kanagawa's #Fujisawa City has issued evacuation advisories for specific areas

Evacuate to the nearest shelter

If impossible, go to the highest possible place such as the 2nd floor of your home

https://twitter.com/Bousai_Fujisawa/status/1182827107816103936?s=20

#TYPHOON #HAGIBIS IN #JAPAN

LEVEL 4

#Tokyo's #Hino City has issued an evacuation advisory for the Asakawa basin

Evacuate to the nearest shelter (not all shelters are open, so check!)

https://twitter.com/hino_bousai/status/1182816138884894721?s=20

#TYPHOON #HAGIBIS IN #JAPAN

LEVEL 4

#Chiba's #Sakura City has issued an evacuation advisory for the whole city

Evacuate to the nearest shelter

If impossible, go to the highest possible place such as the 2nd floor of your home

https://twitter.com/bousai_sakura/status/1182833312793944064?s=20

#TYPHOON #HAGIBIS IN #JAPAN

LEVEL 4

#Kanagawa's #Hiratsuka City has issued evacuation advisories for areas near the mouth of the Sagami and Kanegawa rivers, and the south side of National Highway 134

Evacuate to the nearest shelter

https://twitter.com/HiratsukaBosai/status/1182831978967531523?s=20

#TYPHOON #HAGIBIS IN #JAPAN

LEVEL 4

#Chiba's #Tateyama City has issued an evacuation advisory for the coastal area of the city

Evacuate to the nearest shelter

If impossible, go to the highest possible place such as the 2nd floor of your home

https://twitter.com/tateyama_shi/status/1182830031120171012?s=20

#TYPHOON #HAGIBIS IN #JAPAN

I am probably missing many level 4 warnings

Check with the site or Twitter account of your city or ward for evacuation advisories (Level 4) and orders (Level 5)!

Sirens usually mean immediate evacuation

#TYPHOON #HAGIBIS IN #JAPAN

#Tokyo's Meguro River is usually a tiny little stream way down in its concrete encasement

Not today

Lots of videos of the river on Twitter:

tinyurl.com/yxttt5qf

#TYPHOON #HAGIBIS IN #JAPAN

#Tokyo's usually quiet #Kanda River is also showing a new personality

https://twitter.com/KEITAKAHASHI20/status/1182865608108658688?s=20

#TYPHOON #HAGIBIS IN #JAPAN

LEVEL 4

#Kanagawa's #Odawara City has just issued an evacuation advisory for the whole city

Evacuate to the nearest shelter

If impossible, go to the highest possible place such as the 2nd floor of your home

https://twitter.com/Odawara_City/status/1182786739129044992?s=20

#TYPHOON #HAGIBIS IN #JAPAN

Many Japanese news media are comparing typhoon Hagibis with the Super Typhoon Ida of 1958, aka the Kanogawa Typhoon (狩野川台風)

Ida caused over 1,900 mudslides, 1,269 people died

Here is news coverage of the time

#TYPHOON #HAGIBIS IN #JAPAN

A better comparison might be the typhoon that hit #Tokyo in 1917

Hagibis' central pressure is 945 hPa
Below the level measured in 1917 (Tokyo's lowest)

Japan is much better prepared now than it was in 1917 and 1958

Still, be prepared and stay safe!

#TYPHOON #HAGIBIS IN #JAPAN

The latest on Hagibis by the Japan Meteorological Agency (@JMA_kishou)

Hagibis is expected to land at the #Izu Peninsula and go straight over #Yokohama and #Tokyo, the world's most populous metropolitan area

Access at jma.go.jp/en/typh/191924…

@JMA_kishou #TYPHOON #HAGIBIS IN #JAPAN

The #Sagami River in #Kanagawa

https://twitter.com/waninoashi/status/1182877812115378176?s=20

@JMA_kishou #TYPHOON #HAGIBIS IN #JAPAN

Flooding in #Ise City in #Mie Prefecture

Over 124,000 people have been ordereed to evacuate in the area, reports NHK

https://twitter.com/nhk_news/status/1182836892628406272?s=20

#TYPHOON #HAGIBIS IN #Japan

All the people outside Japan who couldn't understand why two rugby games were cancelled:

Japan's national team shows you why…

https://twitter.com/JRFUMedia/status/1182846004782977024?s=20

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James Reynolds is covering Hagibis from near #Shimoda on the #Izu Peninsula

The tide is starting to come in

https://twitter.com/EarthUncutTV/status/1182897350152355840?s=20

#TYPHOON #HAGIBIS IN #JAPAN

LEVEL 3

#Tokyo's #Setagaya Ward has issued advice for evacuation preparations for areas along the Tama River

The water level is pretty high already and we still have many many hours of rain ahead of us

https://twitter.com/city_setagaya/status/1182897455085445120?s=20

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Over 4.6 million people in 11 prefectures have been advised to evacuate, Yomiuri reports

yomiuri.co.jp/national/20191…

BREAKING

#TYPHOON #HAGIBIS IN #JAPAN

Emergency Weather Warnings (特別警報) are now in effect for

Tokyo
Kanagawa
Saitama
Gunma
Yamanashi
Nagano

These are announced only once every so many years

#TYPHOON #HAGIBIS IN #JAPAN

English map for the Emergency Weather Warnings (特別警報) now in effect for

Tokyo
Kanagawa
Saitama
Gunma
Yamanashi
Nagano

These are announced only once every so many years

#TYPHOON #HAGIBIS IN #JAPAN

LEVEL 4

I just received a level 4 evacuation advisory on my phone for areas along the Tamagawa River in @city_setagaya

Evacuate to the nearest shelter

If impossible, go to the highest possible place such as the 2nd floor of your home

@city_setagaya #TYPHOON #HAGIBIS IN #JAPAN

Very important observation by @Tokyo_Tom

Make sure that you are in a high and safe place!

https://twitter.com/Tokyo_Tom/status/1182910961419612161?s=20

@city_setagaya @Tokyo_Tom #TYPHOON #HAGIBIS IN #JAPAN

#Tokyo based storm chaser James Reynolds (@EarthUncutTV) is at the #Izu Peninsula

Right where Hagibis is expected to make landfall in several hours

Looks pretty fierce already

https://twitter.com/EarthUncutTV/status/1182915578358452224?s=20

#TYPHOON #HAGIBIS IN #JAPAN

#Tokyo's #Shinjuku Station now

5:30 pm on a Saturday evening

This is the busiest station in the world with an average of 3.5 million passengers a day

Tokyo has basically shut down the hatches today

BREAKING

#TYPHOON #HAGIBIS IN #JAPAN

An Emergency Weather Warning (特別警報) is now also in effect for

Fukushima
Miyagi
Niigata
Tochigi
Ibaraki

This is Japan's highest warning level

#TYPHOON #HAGIBIS IN #JAPAN

Real-time #landslide risk map of the Japan Meteorological Agency

See the latest info at jma.go.jp/en/doshamesh/

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Real-time #flood risk map of the Japan Meteorological Agency

Notice that black is an actual flood now occurring!

See the latest info at jma.go.jp/en/suigaimesh/…

#TYPHOON #HAGIBIS IN #JAPAN

Volunteer firemen in #Tokyo's #Hachioji built a temporary levee to allow people to evacuate

Their levee just got swamped, but the people got out

See the whole thread!

https://twitter.com/dwvcd/status/1182971520169046016?s=20

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Extremely high water levels at the #Kanda and #Sumida rivers near #Tokyo's #Ryogokubashi earlier this evening

Shot by a good friend

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This is so sad. This poor kitty is sick, but all vets are closed because of the typhoon.

The owner uploaded the clip to ask for help.

https://twitter.com/jade_FFBE/status/1182936268356767745?s=20

#TYPHOON #HAGIBIS IN #JAPAN

#Nagano's #Chikuma River burst its banks #Ueda City at 8:30 pm, NHK reports

https://twitter.com/air_wing_fly/status/1182983998881947648?s=20

#TYPHOON #HAGIBIS IN #JAPAN

WARNING

Because of high water levels, the Shiroyama Dam in Sagamihara City will perform an emergency discharge at 10 pm

There is risk of large-scale flooding along the Sagami River

If you live along the river, evacuate

www3.nhk.or.jp/news/html/2019…

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Three other dams may also perform emergency discharges

Flooding may occur along rivers in #Kanagawa and #Tochigi prefectures

Incidentally, this is the first time for the #Shiroyama Dam to do this. It was completed in 1965!

www3.nhk.or.jp/news/html/2019…

#TYPHOON #HAGIBIS IN #JAPAN

WARNING

Dam emergency discharges

20:50~
Kitaibaraki: Mizunuma Dam

21:30~
Sagamihara: Shiroyama Dam
Ina: Miwa Dam
Nasushiobara: Shiobara Dam

22:00~
Chichibu: Futase Dam
Nikko: Kawamata Dam

24:00~
Nikko: Kawaji Dam

02:00~
Fujioka: Shimokubo Dam

#TYPHOON #HAGIBIS IN #JAPAN

The Emergency Weather Warning (特別警報) has been lifted for Shizuoka

It is still in effect for

Tokyo
Kanagawa
Saitama
Gunma
Yamanashi
Nagano
Fukushima
Miyagi
Niigata
Tochigi
Ibaraki

This is Japan's highest warning level

#TYPHOON #HAGIBIS IN #JAPAN

A brief summary by @themainichi of the known damage so far

mainichi.jp/english/articl…

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BREAKING

The #Tamagawa River in #Tokyo's #Setagaya and the #Udagawa River in #Nagano have flooded

@themainichi #TYPHOON #HAGIBIS IN #JAPAN

(Japanese ) list of rivers that have flooded, or are at danger of flooding

typhoon.yahoo.co.jp/weather/river/

@themainichi #TYPHOON #HAGIBIS IN #JAPAN

The typhoon may passed by where you live, but remain vigilant

Emergency Weather Warnings are still in effect for 10 prefectures, including #Tokyo

Rain that fell in the mountains may take a while to reach the plains where they can cause floods

@themainichi #TYPHOON #HAGIBIS IN #JAPAN

More dramatic footage by #Tokyo base storm chaser James Reynolds (@EarthUncutTV)

https://twitter.com/EarthUncutTV/status/1183023787266064386?s=20

@themainichi @EarthUncutTV #TYPHOON #HAGIBIS IN #JAPAN

What we know so far

• 430,000 households without electricity
• At least 13 rivers have flooded
• Unknown number of landslides
• 2 dead, 9 missing, 79 wounded (NHK)

@themainichi @EarthUncutTV That is it for me today

I just did my last radio report today for Dutch national broadcaster @NOS

I am very tired, it is 1:15 am, and it is time to hit the sheets

Thank you very much for following my updates on #typhoon #Hagibis today!