The roof of a private house was skipped by a tornado, and the driving mini car was hit directly (June 29, 2018, Asahi, Yonehara City, Shiga Prefecture).
Residential area damaged by the roof flying in a tornado = June 29, 2018, Yonehara City, 2018 (from a small unmanned machine)
From the 10th to the 11th, a tornado occurred in Kentucky, the United States, causing a large number of casualties.Although the whole damage is not yet known, there is an outlook that the death is the worst damage in history, with more than 100 dead.Japan is not as huge as the United States, but is often suffering from tornado.Looking back on the power that is more intense than the typhoon, from a tornado that attacked Shiga Prefecture in 2018.
Around 1:40 pm on June 29, 2018, a tornado occurred in Yonehara City, Shiga Prefecture, and many houses flew and broken window glass.Eight people were seriously injured due to the broken glass hit.This tornado was the strongest class in the Kinki region, with 140 victim houses, and a storm scars remained 3.7 km south -south.
In the area involved in the tornado, houses and cars were broken, telephone poles and trees collapsed.The woman I encountered in the house said, "I thought it was an earthquake. When I thought it was raining, I heard a crunchy sound, the house shook, and the window glass broke. I did it quickly."The man involved in the face was, "I was about to be lifted. I think I had a good life."
The tornado has a scale of strength, "Japan Edition Improvement Fujita (JEF) scale".The tornado is estimated to be JEF2, and the maximum instantaneous wind speed has reached 65 meters.This is the strength of a large car rolling up or a concrete telephone pole falls.
The largest instantaneous wind speed in Kyoto and Shiga prefectures is 42.1 meters in Kyoto City, 42.5 meters in Hikone City, 51.9 meters in Maizuru City, and the tornado is more intense than a typhoon of the "ever -strongest" typhoon.was.However, in the JEF scale, it is said to be the fourth to the fourth to the strongest in six stages, indicating the rampage of the tornado.
In Japan, JEF4 or higher tornadoes have not been confirmed in the past, but JEF3 has occurred about once every ten years and JEF2 occurs about once every few years.
The signs of tornadoes include "black clouds approach" and "Hyou will fall".When these phenomena are seen, it is desirable to enter the building as sturdy as possible and leave the window.
Also, when a tornado is likely to occur, we want to be alert because "Tornado Caution Information" will be announced from the meteorological operations in various places.