Typhoon 23

Typhoon 23 has landed in Japan and is causing horrible amounts of damage. It is now making its way to Tokyo. My evening classes were all cancelled this morning because of the typhoon. It was supposed to hit at about 7 pm tonight, with the majority of the rain, and then be super windy until 5am. However, now the typhoon is moving right thru central Japan (rather than along the coast) and won't hit in full force until tomorrow morning.

The damage from this typhoon is unbelievable. The news is showing people holding on to trees to prevent themselves being blown away, Mature trees have been blown over, landslides have taken out homes and killed several people, rivers are raging, and flooding is as high as people's necks in some places the typhoon has passed through. Right now Shibuya has water ankle-deep in the streets... and the rain just started here!

So this is the first typhoon that I'm actually worried about. Houses have been decimated by the typhoon. Kinda scary. The river near my house just overflowed (according to the community channel). The news is saying stay inside, stay out of your basement (flooding), stay away from the coast (waves), and expect possible flooding of the subways. Should be interesting tomorrow when we'll get hit the hardest right during peak commuter hours.