Typhoon Sanba Hits Okinawa, Targets Korea
Chris Dolce Updated: Sep 16, 2012, 4:18 PM EDT weather.com
The eye of Typhoon Sanba hit the Japanese island of Okinawa on Saturday afternoon (U.S. time) with an intensity equivalent to a Category 3 hurricane. Winds at Kadena Air Force Base gusted as high as 79 miles per hour as Sanba passed by.
(CURRENT CONDITIONS: Okinawa)
Through Monday morning U.S. time (Monday evening Korean time), the center of Sanba will cross South Korea as a typhoon, and eventually pass over or just east of North Korea as well.
Sanba will then move as a weakening tropical storm toward the northeastern Chinese provinces of Heilongjiang and Jilin as well as parts of southeastern Russia around Vladivostok.
While the Koreas will take a direct hit from Sanba, parts of western Japan are also under warnings for high winds, storm surge, and very heavy rainfall on the east side of Sanba's circulation. Local forecasters are warning of the potential for 8 to 20 inches of rainfall.
Sanba peaked in intensity Thursday into early Friday as a super typhoon with top sustained winds of 175 mph.
You can view more expert analysis on Sanba and the rest of the tropics by viewing our Tropical Update article at this link.
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