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Typhoon Sweeps 3 Americans Out to Sea in Okinawa | |
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TOKYO — An American airman was killed and two others were missing after they were swept out to sea by a powerful typhoon that struck Okinawa, Japan, on Sunday, the United States Air Force said. | |
In a statement, the Air Force said Japanese and American rescue helicopters had found the body of one of the three Americans after they were carried away by waves from the northeastern coast of the Japanese island, which hosts several American military bases. The search for the other two was being hampered by high winds and waves, the statement said. | |
The Air Force did not say what the three were doing when they were swept away. The Yomiuri Shimbun, a major Japanese newspaper, quoted Okinawan police as saying the three were on a beach taking photographs of the large waves when they were washed out to sea. | |
Japan’s meteorological agency said the storm, called Typhoon Phanfone, had moved past Okinawa on a course that appeared to be heading directly toward Tokyo. | |
After Okinawa, the typhoon passed near Kyushu, one of Japan’s four main islands, where several people were reported to have been injured by high winds and heavy rains. | |
The agency said that at one point, the storm packed winds of up to 110 miles per hour, though it later said that the winds had weakened to 100 m.p.h. Still, such wind speeds are enough to cause serious damage if the storm strikes a heavily populated area. | |
The agency predicted heavy rains as the storm nears the main island of Honshu. Its approach forced officials to suspend the search for bodies on Mount Ontake, a volcano in central Japan that erupted last weekend. |
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