'Monster' Typhoon To Pummel Fukushima

'Once-in-a-decade event' threatens crippled nuclear plant WND Joe Kovacs Typhoon Wipha is being called a "once-in-a-decade" event. Packing heavy rains and winds up to 125 miles per hour, a monster typhoon called a “once-in-a-decade event” by the Japan Meteorological Agency is on track to pummel the Tokyo area, home to the crippled Fukushima No. 1 nuclear plant. “It is the strongest typhoon in 10 years to pass the Kanto region (Tokyo and its vicinity),” Hiroyuki Uchida, the weather agency’s chief forecaster, told a news conference.



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