Typhoon Jebi barrelled through Western Japan, hitting cities like Kyoto, Kobe and Osaka, where I live.
Before the typhoon hit, the firefighters drove around the neighbourhood telling people to take shelter. My kids all stayed home from school, companies were closed, and the trains stopped. (Yet, there were still people out on the streets and cars on the roads!)
Kyodo News reports that Jebi was moving at over 60 kilometers per hour with gusts of wind reaching over 200 kph. According to the local news, these are the strongest winds to hit Osaka in 57 years.
We were able to weather the storm, even as we experienced multiple power outages and even as the windows rattled so hard I thought the windows were going to shatter.
Other family members weren’t so lucky, suffering damage to their homes.
I hope everyone in Jebi’s path is safe. There have been injuries, but thankfully, as of writing, there have been no reports of casualties.
大阪の知人(堺市)が送ってくれた今の写真、停電しており心配しかない。 pic.twitter.com/MoQOWvlc9x
— Fumikazu Okuno 奥野史一 (@kfri3750) September 4, 2018
Scary view from the Seto Ōhashi, where the typhoon’s winds have put a truck in a precarious position. No injuries reported, thankfully. pic.twitter.com/yDkXnk5BSW (via @kajituyoshi)
— Nippon.com (@nippon_en) September 4, 2018
車普通に飛ばされてる〜。#台風 pic.twitter.com/N9LQpEZpnI
— 立木せいか (@seika00196) September 4, 2018
近くの公園の木が折れた…#台風#やばい#暴風#拡散希望 pic.twitter.com/khOzWV64SQ
— やぎお (@HLT92185424) September 4, 2018
台風ヤバイ
車浮いてる!
本人に見せたら動画欲しがったので進呈して仲良くなりました() pic.twitter.com/s5YnJCFfKL— サシャ (@UcSwDVNNdXqDWht) September 4, 2018
台風が凄い被害になってる。。。
バス停が倒れて衝撃的なことになりました。皆さんくれぐれも運転されている方は気をつけて下さい。#台風21号 #高槻#大阪府 pic.twitter.com/lMWz12LdkI
— はる (@carlchan0320) September 4, 2018
The ONLY BRIDGE INTO THE BIGGEST AIRPORT IN OSAKA just ate shit from a boat. I’m supposed to use that train tomorrow. pic.twitter.com/ldaV4a1NBc
— Jake Kazdal (@Jkooza) September 4, 2018
関西空港の連絡橋に船が衝突 風にあおられ
船は空港に燃料を運ぶタンカー船で、燃料を運び終えて停泊していたところ、風にあおられて橋に衝突したということです。
(午後3時半ごろの映像)https://t.co/F0q9NGd1Le #nhk_news pic.twitter.com/Tb39d3zY40— NHKニュース (@nhk_news) September 4, 2018
関空が水没‼︎ Kansai international airport is submerged by typhoon #関空 #osaka #関西国際空港 #Kansai_international_airport #台風 #typhoon #osaka #japan pic.twitter.com/2yc5ibmUxX
— ダニエル (@David_H1116) September 4, 2018
やばいやん!台風!
吹田! pic.twitter.com/XHYgnyBcvT— しゅうと (@syuto0505vvv) September 4, 2018
甲子園駅やばいっす pic.twitter.com/hZxQW2C9FE
— わんこP@デレメット両日 (@PwankoP) September 4, 2018
京都駅の天井崩落の瞬間が目の前で。
まさか、、台風の力すごい。気を付けて!! pic.twitter.com/EGQ6P92T9g— 森山和彦(Kaz) CRAZY (@CRAZY904Kaz) September 4, 2018
Shingles from the neighbors’ houses are getting blown off. I see one TV antenna down. #TyphoonJebi #台風 pic.twitter.com/g3d0iqlAc7
— Cheesemeister (@Cheesemeister3k) September 4, 2018
台風のせいでビル崩れてる#台風21号 #ニュース #拡散希望 pic.twitter.com/bXwrdsPspo
— アニメ最高 (@HXjBdxaIRijvtqP) September 4, 2018
松屋町筋、木が倒れまくってる!走行気を付けて‼️ pic.twitter.com/ZW3GCoFHgT
— ささきたかし (@karahorihoihoi) September 4, 2018
大阪市内ほんとに危ないからみんな外でたらダメ!#拡散してください pic.twitter.com/yRzOwII7Rl
— 白玉 (@LuvShiratama) September 4, 2018
車も台風21号の強さに負ける…#台風21号 #台風21号接近 pic.twitter.com/jfDBQR3nIs
— 天国と地獄@ゆうき (@RemAmaeOivMBf6S) September 4, 2018
大阪府の建物ぶっ壊れた pic.twitter.com/10IYYBlLzH
— HIROTO (@H7813m17) September 4, 2018
大阪台風やばいです ビルが崩れてる…… pic.twitter.com/rf3ItkAK8L
— 佐久間 (@sakumacnps) September 4, 2018
ほんまにやばい。#台風21号#海遊館#観覧車 pic.twitter.com/JUMRAmh0ux
— たくと (@tsutsumi1999022) September 4, 2018
早く家に帰りたい…目の前の軽トラが転倒しちゃったよ…..#台風21号 pic.twitter.com/5eD0tp1CDE
— わよう???? (@CleRin_Milky) September 4, 2018
おとんから送られてきた〜〜〜〜〜やべ〜〜〜〜〜〜〜〜〜 #台風21号 pic.twitter.com/LVxYuQcJD8
— ぴぎぽん (@LUCIEN0206) September 4, 2018
台風様により弊社のくるまたちは入院です。 pic.twitter.com/c9V4iKyxuf
— あいプリ【あいのり同人グッズ印刷所】 (@ainorigoods) September 4, 2018
強風で尼崎市役所のガラス破損 台風21号上陸:https://t.co/RcDirJvsiG #神戸新聞 #災害 pic.twitter.com/mdGnC6xU2h
— 神戸新聞 (@kobeshinbun) September 4, 2018
大阪 台風やべぇ pic.twitter.com/HlAOszhkaK
— キャベツ田中 (@kyabetu40) September 4, 2018
危なすぎん?#台風21号 pic.twitter.com/OKFsvdl8W0
— たいち (@taichi593) September 4, 2018
台風21号 ヤバい!
大阪市港区 pic.twitter.com/5GDyT3AXtn
— godspeed319 (@RHvEOPuIZCLooCS) September 4, 2018
花園町のイズミヤ pic.twitter.com/N9q7kWxpOL
— 小川陽太 (@ogawayota) September 4, 2018
【台風21号】非常に強い台風21号は4日午後2時ごろ、神戸市付近に再上陸しました。気象庁は高波や土砂災害などに警戒するよう呼び掛けています。大阪市内で倒壊し道路に散乱した工事用の足場(写真左)と逆さまになった自転車(同右)=小川望撮影https://t.co/cjJY4r8k4W#台風21号 #関西方面 pic.twitter.com/cPbInPPBE5
— 日経新聞 写真部・映像報道部 (@nikkeiphoto) September 4, 2018
こちら大阪市大正区
現場からは以上です
#台風21号 pic.twitter.com/IagtqgCvxB
— 勇者豪太 (@nimamiokajima) September 4, 2018
台風の被害状況です。大阪市港区の170号と43号の交差点付近です。
いたるところで街路樹なぎ倒され、軽トラ横転、道路は危険物が散乱しており通行にも支障が。
信号機も半数が停電でついていません。#台風21号 #台風 pic.twitter.com/stT5Wz0d7I— しろごはん (@whiterice_24) September 4, 2018
大阪#台風21号 pic.twitter.com/P4wEn1rdqr
— Mqo.あらたのきんたま (@darukubo3) September 4, 2018
台風なめてた…
大好きな大阪が…
#台風21号 pic.twitter.com/ZAuQs2rcyJ— TATSU???? (@tatsu_s9) September 4, 2018
大阪の堺筋が大変や(°_°)#台風21号 pic.twitter.com/CgYqwjGhjJ
— JTM9253 (@MTHSTKY) September 4, 2018
大阪・岸和田の実家から送られてきた。台風で電柱が倒れてる。磯上町らしい。 pic.twitter.com/Ev0JiiCKjF
— 北野 啓太郎@フリーランスライター (@KeitaroKitano) September 4, 2018
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2 responses to “Japan Battered By Worst Typhoon In 25 Years”
Currently in Osaka on holidays myself… landed in tokyo for an event over the weekend and took shinkansen down to meet up with mates on monday. We were planning to visit stuff yesterday when the typhoon warning was given and we were luckily enough to be underground at Nanba Walks when it hit…. was pretty crazy seeing it all touch down when it hit the area.
In the grand scheme of things the damage isnt as insane as near the coast and other areas (there was still some damage with some broken glass doors, blown out windows, debris from broken tree branches and signs and there was one unfortunate truck which tipped on its side) but what really astounds me is just how together and organised the folks are… most of the streets are clean with some obvious debris left for clean up and the local metro is working flawlessly again.
Seriously props to the people here who were literally starting to clean debris just as the winds started to die down.
One advantage of a societal construct where they care more about the whole than the individual. I like that about the Japanese, they just get stuff done that needs to be done because its expected by the society as a whole. I know there’s a video on youtube of their infrastructure crews taking a station out of service, and lowering the track to cut into the subway in 5 hours. Last train rolls through, the work starts and is complete by the time the first service comes through in the morning.
Poor Japan… flooding, heat waves and now this typhoon. This has been an extraordinary summer for them weather wise.
Glad the family were safe!
Suggested edited:
“I hope everyone in Jebi’s path is safe. There have been injuries, but thankfully, as of writing, there have been no reports of casualties.”
Casualties are both injuries and deaths. I believe you meant to say fatalities.