The photo is from 1999 in Shiranui-machi. Homes were flooded when the combination of high tide and the swell from the cyclone caused the levees to be breached. When Typhoon No. 18 arrived that year, it coincided with oshio (大潮), a time in the month when the difference between high tide and low tide is greatest. We will be at the same time of the month when this storm hits us. The winds may not be quite as bad as was first predicted but this storm still could prove to be deadly.

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