Twisters leave at least one dead in Japan
<p><span word="Download">Download</span></p><p><span word="More">More</span> <span word="than">than</span> 3,000 <span word="homes">homes</span> <span word="were">were</span> <span word="without">without</span> <span word="electricity">electricity</span> <span word="on">on</span> <span word="Monday">Monday</span>, <span word="a">a</span> <span word="day">day</span> <span word="after">after</span> <span word="apparent">apparent</span> <span word="tornadoes">tornadoes</span> <span word="tore">tore</span> <span word="through">through</span> <span word="eastern">eastern</span> <span word="Japan">Japan</span>, <span word="killing">killing</span> <span word="one">one</span> <span word="person">person</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="injuring">injuring</span> <span word="at">at</span> <span word="least">least</span> 46 <span word="more">more</span>.</p><p><span word="Nearly">Nearly</span> 900 <span word="houses">houses</span> <span word="were">were</span> <span word="damaged">damaged</span> <span word="as">as</span> <span word="gusting">gusting</span> <span word="winds">winds</span> <span word="whipped">whipped</span> <span word="through">through</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="prefectures">prefectures</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="Ibaraki">Ibaraki</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="Tochigi">Tochigi</span>, <span word="near">near</span> <span word="Tokyo">Tokyo</span>, <span word="splintering">splintering</span> <span word="wooden">wooden</span> <span word="homes">homes</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="tearing">tearing</span> <span word="down">down</span> <span word="trees">trees</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="power">power</span> <span word="cables">cables</span>.</p><p><span word="The">The</span> <span word="only">only</span> <span word="known">known</span> <span word="fatality">fatality</span> <span word="from">from</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="storms">storms</span>, <span word="which">which</span> <span word="hit">hit</span> <span word="on">on</span> <span word="Sunday">Sunday</span> <span word="afternoon">afternoon</span>, <span word="was">was</span> <span word="a">a</span> 14-<span word="year">year</span>-<span word="old">old</span> <span word="boy">boy</span> <span word="who">who</span> <span word="was">was</span> <span word="crushed">crushed</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="death">death</span> <span word="when">when</span> <span word="his">his</span> <span word="house">house</span> <span word="collapsed">collapsed</span>, <span word="officials">officials</span> <span word="said">said</span>.</p><p><span word="The">The</span> <span word="government">government</span>'<span word="s">s</span> <span word="Fire">Fire</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="Disaster">Disaster</span> <span word="Management">Management</span> <span word="Agency">Agency</span> <span word="said">said</span> 36 <span word="people">people</span> <span word="were">were</span> <span word="injured">injured</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="Ibaraki">Ibaraki</span>, <span word="on">on</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="northern">northern</span> <span word="edge">edge</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="plain">plain</span> <span word="stretching">stretching</span> <span word="from">from</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="capital">capital</span>, <span word="and">and</span> 440 <span word="homes">homes</span> <span word="were">were</span> <span word="damaged">damaged</span>, <span word="some">some</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="them">them</span> <span word="badly">badly</span>.</p><p><span word="In">In</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="neighboring">neighboring</span> <span word="prefecture">prefecture</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="Tochigi">Tochigi</span>, <span word="about">about</span> 450 <span word="houses">houses</span> <span word="were">were</span> <span word="hit">hit</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="nine">nine</span> <span word="people">people</span> <span word="were">were</span> <span word="injured">injured</span>. <span word="One">One</span> <span word="person">person</span> <span word="was">was</span> <span word="injured">injured</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="another">another</span> <span word="prefecture">prefecture</span> <span word="on">on</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="plain">plain</span>, <span word="the">the</span> <span word="agency">agency</span> <span word="said">said</span>.</p><p><span word="A">A</span> <span word="spokesman">spokesman</span> <span word="for">for</span> <span word="Tokyo">Tokyo</span> <span word="Electric">Electric</span> <span word="Power">Power</span>, <span word="the">the</span> <span word="utility">utility</span> <span word="that">that</span> <span word="supplies">supplies</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="area">area</span>, <span word="said">said</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="more">more</span> <span word="than">than</span> 19,000 <span word="homes">homes</span> <span word="that">that</span> <span word="lost">lost</span> <span word="power">power</span> <span word="when">when</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="storms">storms</span> <span word="hit">hit</span>, <span word="more">more</span> <span word="than">than</span> 3,000 <span word="were">were</span> <span word="still">still</span> <span word="without">without</span> <span word="electricity">electricity</span> <span word="at">at</span> <span word="midday">midday</span> <span word="on">on</span> <span word="Monday">Monday</span>.</p><p><span word="Several">Several</span> <span word="clips">clips</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="amateur">amateur</span> <span word="video">video</span> <span word="footage">footage</span> <span word="aired">aired</span> <span word="by">by</span> <span word="local">local</span> <span word="broadcasters">broadcasters</span> <span word="showed">showed</span> <span word="twisting">twisting</span> <span word="columns">columns</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="wind">wind</span> <span word="wreaking">wreaking</span> <span word="havoc">havoc</span> <span word="as">as</span> <span word="they">they</span> <span word="tore">tore</span> <span word="through">through</span> <span word="residential">residential</span> <span word="areas">areas</span>.</p><p><span word="Scientists">Scientists</span> <span word="said">said</span> <span word="tornadoes">tornadoes</span>, <span word="which">which</span> <span word="are">are</span> <span word="commonly">commonly</span> <span word="associated">associated</span> <span word="with">with</span> <span word="North">North</span> <span word="America">America</span>, <span word="are">are</span> <span word="difficult">difficult</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="predict">predict</span>.</p><p><span word="Japan">Japan</span>'<span word="s">s</span> <span word="meteorological">meteorological</span> <span word="agency">agency</span> <span word="issued">issued</span> 589 <span word="warnings">warnings</span> <span word="in">in</span> 2011, <span word="but">but</span> <span word="only">only</span> <span word="eight">eight</span> <span word="actual">actual</span> <span word="tornadoes">tornadoes</span> <span word="occurred">occurred</span>.</p>
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