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At Least 4 Dead as Typhoon ‘Roke’ Smashes Into Japan, Heads for Fukushima Nuclear Plant


By Chana Ya’ar – “At least four people are dead and two more are missing in a typhoon that smashed into Japan from the Pacific Ocean.

Workers at the crippled Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant are bracing for the worst as the storm heads their way.

‘We have taken every possible measure against the typhoon,’ Naoko Tsunoda, a spokesman for Tokyo Electric Power Company, operator of the plant, told reporters.

‘We have tied down cables and hoses while fixing equipment so that radioactive materials will not spread [in the violent winds].’ All ground and sea operations have been suspended, he added.

Winds were raging at up to 130 miles per hour at the center of the storm, with heavy rains pouring down.

Four people were found dead in central and western Japan. A young boy disappeared on his way home from elementary school, and another person has disappeared as well in the central prefecture of Gifu.

The storm, dubbed Typhoon Roke by Japan’s Meteorological Agency, made landfall near Hamamatsu in central Japan at about 2:00 p.m. local time Wednesday, and was on course to move northeast across the island of Honshu.” Read more.

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