Joe has finally made it off of Yonaguni Island and has returned to Ishigaki! All flights yesterday were cancelled, and so he could get a flight at last tonight at 6 pm. On Tuesday we will all return to Fukuoka, and then to Oita. Hopefully, Typhoon Vongfong won't cause any flight delays for us on Tuesday... we'll find out.
Looks like Typhoon Vongfong has slowed down a lot, but for a while it looked like it was going to be a whammy of a storm when it hit Okinawa. It was the strongest storm on earthfor 2014 until just a day or so ago, and now it's slowing down. Category 5 hurricane winds, the strongest hurricane level, with wind speeds of 180+ mph.
We've been watching it with great interest here, of course, as the winds have been felt here in Ishigaki too. Even though we're a long ways west and south of the Okinawa islands, which bore the brunt of the storm, we're still getting some pretty blustery winds as well.
We hope that the Typhoon won't cause too much damage - mainly flooding or land slides - to mainland Japan.
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