Longwang threatens to give Okinawa a hard time

Nobody tell Falwell or Roberson about this obviously pornographic name. While we're at it, no one tell Sheila Jackson Lee, either, because the name of this storm is not black enough.

Typhoon could threaten Okinawa
Longwang expected to pass 45 miles south of Kadena on Saturday
CAMP FOSTER, Okinawa — Kadena Air Base weather officials cast an eye eastward Tuesday to Typhoon Longwang, which spawned on Sunday near the Northern Marianas Islands and began tracking west-northwest toward Okinawa.

Longwang gained strength overnight and was upgraded from a tropical storm to a typhoon at 9 a.m. Tuesday by the Joint Typhoon Warning Center in Hawaii.

Longwang’s maximum wind gusts of 127 mph made it equivalent to a Category 2 hurricane.

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