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for JapanBy SFC VIC SCHEINGART' SS Okinawa Bureau•V*.AN AUTHORIZED PUBLICATION OF THE ARMED FORCES FAR EAST'•r.' .• »*. • ▼50 DAILYDITS 0 NKOREA150 SUNDAY •lt;* •;'v- -■ht *i ,Saturday, November 14, 195915, NoKADENA AB, Okinawa—Typhoon Emma raked Okinawa with winds in excess of 100 m.p.h. earlyFriday then raced off toward Japan.There were no immediate reports of injuries ordamage from the off-season typhoon. Concern was expressed about damage to crops on the island.Emma brought heavy rain and peak winds with gusts exceeding 100 m.p.h. at 4:27 a.m. Friday. Later in the morning Okinawa was still being whipped by heavy winds with gusts of more than 90 m.p.h. Some 60,000 American servicemen and theirfamilies had received adequate advance warning of the storm’s approach. All remained in their homes with emergency supplies of food and water on hand.Emma, with center winds of 104 m.p.h., was located 100 miles east southeast of Okinawa at 7 a.m. Friday morning moving east northeast at a fast 35 m.p.h.•The center of the storm was expected to be some 380 miles south of Tokyo early Saturday with winds in the capital not expected to exceed 40 m.p.h. as the typhoon passed to the south.Okinawa officials early Friday expressed fear that the heavy rains and winds would cause addi-(Continued on Back Page, Col. 6)
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Pacific Stars and Stripes
Tokyo, Tôkyô, JP
Sat, Nov 14, 1959
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