Typhoon Muifa passes Okinawa islands, moves slowly toward China

Typhoon Muifa brought strong winds overnight into Tuesday as it passed a group of islands in Japan's southernmost prefecture of Okinawa on its slow trajectory toward the East China Sea, the weather agency said.With adverse conditions expected to continue into Wednesday, the Japan Meteorological Agency is urging caution against powerful winds and high waves and mudslides.The season's 12th typhoon was located 160 kilometers north of Okinawa Prefecture's Ishigaki Island at 10 a.m., and moving northward at a pace of about 10 kilometers per hour, the agency said. It had an atmospheric pressure o…READ FULL ARTICLE