Tokyo has begun hosting the big Olympic event they’ve been waiting for more than a few years and now, and just as they are getting started, the European model is suggesting a typhoon may be threatening Tokyo on Sunday and Monday. A typhoon is the same as a hurricane, just goes by a different name in that part of the world.
In fact, that part of the world is monitored by the Joint Typhoon Warning Center out of Japan along with the Japanese Meteorological Agency. This area is very active for typhoons, more so than the Atlantic or Pacific for hurricanes, and they are used to storms this time of year--but it’s certainly not what they need right now!
By Sunday, the European model has Typhoon IN-FA making landfall in Ningbo, China, and places a forming typhoon off the Japanese coast, and then on Monday, a well-formed typhoon of about 65mph winds moves inland just south of Tokyo.
Games officials are keeping a close eye on the weather and schedule changes are expected to adjust if in fact, the weather does change.
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