The typhoon is currently packing 90 MPH winds, and is now 715 miles southwest of Tokyo.
To no surprise, there is A COMPLETE MEDIA BLACKOUT of the potential impact on the stricken Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant that is currently in meltdown, save this lone headline from Kyodo:
*Crippled nuke plant not prepared for heavy rain, wind
Captain Obvious is apparently residing currently in Japan, while mainstream US media outlets remain Captain Oblivious, without as much as a mention of the Daiichi plant.
From The AP:
A powerful typhoon in southern Japan caused landslides and floods, left tens of thousands without power, and injured at least 23 people. In the western part of the country, a strong aftershock stuck Tuesday, hours after two major quakes injured 43 people.
Typhoon Songda, packing winds of up to 90 mph, headed northeast toward Japan’s southernmost main island of Kyushu, the Meteorological Agency said. Late Monday, it was about 140 miles southwest of Nagasaki, or 715 miles southwest of Tokyo.
The typhoon had pelted outlying islands in southern Okinawa and Kagoshima prefectures with as much as eight inches of rain in the past 24 hours, the agency said. As much as 24 inches of rain were expected by Tuesday in parts of Kyushu....
