NHK: Tornado occurred in Fukushima during recent storm (VIDEO)

Published: May 11th, 2012 at 11:07 pm ET
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Simultaneous tornadoes in northern Kanto
NHK
Saturday, May 12, 2012

[...] three tornadoes [...] occurred at about the same time last Sunday [...]

Researchers at the Japan Meteorological Agency say one tornado that hit Ibaraki and Tochigi Prefectures left damage over an area about 31-kilometers long and 650- meters wide. [...]

The researchers said three other tornadoes occurred in Ibaraki and Fukushima Prefectures on the same day. [...]

They calculated that super cells measured about 10- to 20-kilometers wide. [...]

Agency expert Osamu Suzuki says it’s rare for three tornadoes to occur simultaneously. [...]

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Published: May 11th, 2012 at 11:07 pm ET
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