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Typhoon approaches eastern Japan

by Staff Writers
Tokyo (AFP) May 13, 2008
A strong typhoon was churning in the Pacific Ocean towards Japan on Tuesday, whipping up high waves and packing powerful winds in the Tokyo area, the weather agency said.

Typhoon Rammasun, which means "god of thunder" in Thai, was causing winds of up to 111 kilometres (69 miles) per hour in the ocean off Tokyo Bay, the Japan Meteorological Agency said.

But the season's second typhoon was moving northeast at 35 kilometres an hour and as expected to dissipate in the Pacific Ocean without making landfall.

The typhoon comes 10 days after a devastating cyclone hit Myanmar, which says 62,000 people are dead or missing.

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5,000 sq km of Myanmar still underwater: UN
Bangkok (AFP) May 8, 2008
About 5,000 square kilometres (1,930 square miles) of Myanmar's cyclone-hit regions remain underwater, with more than a million people in need of emergency relief, a UN spokesman said Thursday.







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