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気象庁によると、強い台風９号は、現在日本の南の海上を北西に進みながら、今日の夕方以降には沖縄に近づく恐れがあるとのことです。沖縄では、今夜非常に激しい雨が降ることが予想されます。
ここ久米島でも、今朝から強い風が吹いており、OTEC実証設備でも台風対策を行いました。見学は、台風が過ぎ去るまでお休みさせていただきます。
最近、３つの台風が同時に発生していますので、予想進路の近くに住むみなさまは、くれぐれもご注意ください。
Typhoon 1509 (台風1509)
As you may have heard, three typhoons are currently south of Japan. Typhoon 1509 is quickly approaching Okinawa and is expected to hit momentarily (about noon on 7/9/2015). While winds are picking up, we still have blue skies and sunny weather. Kumejima’s infrastructure is built to withstand strong weather, so even though this typhoon may be as high as a level 4 when it reaches us, we do not expect any major issues.
Although it is difficult to time such natural occurrences, we expect to close the Research Institute and the OTEC facility through Friday afternoon, so if you were hoping for a tour, we’ll hope you understand and catch us after the wind blows through.