Tornado Hit Okinawa Last Week

My apologies on the delay in bringing you this story... a tornado hit the U.S. Camp Schwab Post Exchange in Okinawa* on November 18th. Minor damage was done to barracks, the post office, vehicles, a parking lot and power lines were damaged. Photos of flipped vehicles are available on JapanUpdate's site, which states the severe climatological history of the area dictates that a tornado in Okinawa as "rare":

*Okinawa is a set of tiny islands in the southern part of Japan which has the world's highest life expectancy rate -- a Wikipedia article has more information, photos and maps.