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400-Mile Japan Coast Braces For Weakening TyphoonTOKYO (SS)—A weakening typhoon Lorna was expected to hit near Osaka at 8 p.m. Saturday as gale and flood warnings were flashed along a 400-mile stretch of the Japanese Panifiip fmm Trdrw* +0,. Weathermen of Tokyo Weather Central said fringe winds up to 50 miles an hour would hit Osaka by 3 p.m. this afternoon. This morning Lorna was 310 miles south-southwest of Osaka approaching at a 17-mile-an-! hour clip.U;S. weather observers ‘predicted the typhoon would gradually dissipate as it aproaeh-ed land. Winds at its “eye” had already diminished from yesterday's 115 miles an hour to 92 miles an hour, and were expected to drop to 70 or 75 miles an hour when it. approaches Osaka tonight.Expect 50-Mile Winds jThis second typhoon to hit! Japan within a week was ex- j peeted to pass to the west of Tokyo, with winds not exceed-1 ing 50 miles an hour striking the metropolitan area within the next 24 hours.Kyodo News Service said all vessels in Yokohama were advised yesterday to evacuate the harbor by port authorities, and ships at sea were radioedContinued on Page 6r Col; 3Kyushu.
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Sat, Sep 18, 1954
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