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After Okinawa... next stop South Korea
Typhoon Kompasu Aimed for Okinawa
Typhoon Kompasu will strike Okinawa directly with winds of hurricane strength and torrential rain early Tuesday, EDT.
AccuWeather.com - Weather News | Typhoon Kompasu Aimed for Okinawa (http://www.accuweather.com/blogs/news/story/36343/typhoon-kompasu-aimed-for-okin.asp - broken link)
Typhoon 08W (Kompasu), # 8 supplemental; TCCOR-1 declared
Published: August 30, 2010
U.S. bases on Okinawa entered Tropical Cyclone Condition of Readiness 1 at 12:38 a.m. Tuesday, according to the
latest e-mail update from Kadena Air Base's 18th Wing Weather Flight.
It's the first time since Typhoon Man-yi struck the island on July 13, 2007, that Okinawa has been placed
in that high an accelerated TCCOR.
Damaging/destructive winds of 58 mph or greater are expected within 12 hours.
Typhoon 08W (Kompasu), # 8 supplemental; TCCOR-1 declared - Pacific Storm Tracker - Stripes
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