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Tropical Storm Dianmu Approaches Japan After Killing 5 in Korea
2010-08-12 01:50:40.165 GMT
By Stuart Biggs
Aug. 12 (Bloomberg) -- Japan's Meteorological Agency issued
warnings for heavy rain, high waves, storm surges and landslides
as Tropical Storm Dianmu approached the country's north after
leaving five dead in South Korea.
Sustained winds slowed to 83 kilometers (52 miles) per hour
as Dianmu left the Korean peninsula and began tracking through
the Sea of Japan toward the main island of Honshu, the agency
said in a bulletin at 8 a.m. Tokyo time. The storm is forecast
to make landfall close to Akita city in northern Japan later
today, the bulletin said.
Dianmu is expected to cross northern Honshu and skirt the
southern coast of the island of Hokkaido by tomorrow, according
to the agency. Warnings for high waves and storm surges are in
place for coastal areas of Honshu and for heavy rain and
landslides in Hokkaido, the agency said.
In South Korea, five people were killed in the storm, the
National Emergency Management Agency said on its website.
Dianmu is the goddess who commands thunder and lightning in
Chinese mythology, according to the website of the Hong Kong
Observatory, which lists names assigned to cyclones in the South
China Sea and northwestern Pacific.
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--With assistance by Shinhye Kang in Seoul. Editors: Alex Devine,
Ryan Woo.
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