Abstract

On September 17, 2006 serious damage had been caused by tornado accompanying Typhoon Shanshan (T0613) at Nobeoka City, Miyazaki Prefecture. Due to the gust the first and the second cars of a limited express train cars were overturned. More than a thousand houses were damaged. Three people were killed. The notable feature of this wind damage was impact of wind borne debris. The estimated damage scale was F2 and the maximum gust speed of 46m/s was observed at a factory yard. The area of damage footprint was spread to 7.5 km from Pacific coast to the north-east by 100m to 200m in width. Results of the site investigations were reported.

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