Kirk here with more about the approaching typhoon. According to TropicalStormRisk.com it is currently a category 4 cyclone. That’s the category just below a so-call super typhoon. A category 4 storm has “1 Minute Maximum Sustained Winds” of 209-251 kilometers per hour – more than double typical highway speed. By the time the typhoon gets to Kumamoto it should have settled down a bit but TropicalStormRisk.com is predicting that we have a better than 50-50 chance of experiencing category 1 or above winds. Category 1 winds are between 119 and 153 kph – highway speed and above.
As I have written before, the greatest danger may come from torrential rain.
I’ll post a video from NHK WORLD-Japan after this.