US Navy base reports damage to more than 20 structures days after typhoon pummels Japan
US Navy base reports damage to more than 20 structures days after typhoon pummels Japan
TOKYO — Naval Air Facility Atsugi appeared the worst hit by Typhoon Hagibis on Saturday of the U.S. military bases in and around Tokyo, according to official statements.
The base, 25 miles southwest of the city center, lay along the storm’s path after the eye came ashore over the Izu peninsula on Saturday evening.
Atsugi suffered “structural or water damage to more than 20 structures,” according to an official base Facebook post Monday. Roofs were torn off some buildings, trees were damaged, and debris was thrown around the base.
Still, the base’s emergency management office credited “a relatively safe outcome” to “command, tenant and resident preparation,” according to the post.
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