Look at what's hitting Japan today

 More than 1.3 million Japanese have been urged to leave their homes as powerful Typhoon Roke approaches the mainland, swelling rivers and threatening landslides.

Packing winds of more than 140 kilometres per hour, the typhoon is expected to move over the main Japanese island of Honshu today.
In Nagoya, in central Japan's Aichi prefecture, officials have advised about one million residents to leave their homes because of fears that rivers might burst their banks.

http://www.abc.net.au/news/2011-09-20/japan-evacuates-as-typhoon-looms/2908552