Watch Typhoon Jelawat Flip A Car, Toss A Dumpster In Japan

11 years, 7 months ago - 5 October 2012, Autoblog
Watch Typhoon Jelawat Flip A Car, Toss A Dumpster In Japan
Typhoon Jelwat made landfall in Okinawa, Japan over the weekend causing plenty of damage in its wake, and these two videos below show just how powerful a weakening tropical storm can be.

According to The Weather Channel, when the storm hit Okinawa, it had sustained winds of 133 km per hour and gusts up to 185 km/h which obviously is enough to throw cars around a parking lot like toys.

In the first video, U.S. Marines stationed at Camp Kisner record cars being pushed around the parking lot before a small car tips over, slides across the parking lot and then tumbles through the air. The second video shows a cherry Mazda RX-7 at Kadena Air Force Base come within feet of becoming another victim of the storm as a dumpster slides right past the car slamming into a minivan.

As bad as the videos look, things could have been much worse, as Jelawat had been recorded as a Super Typhoon with winds around 257 km/h just earlier last week and was downgraded to a less powerful typhoon before making landfall. Check out the carnage the wind can cause in the videos below, but beware, there is quite a bit of explicit Not Safe For Work language in both.