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Two Women Were Swept Away by High Waves While Walking Along a Promenade in Miyako Island City and Taken to the Hospital; Typhoon No. 9 May Have Been the Cause.
According to Okinawa Prefecture and other sources, at around 5:15 p.m. on the 9th, two women, a Japanese woman in her 30s and a foreign woman in her 40s, were temporarily swept out to sea by high waves on a promenade near "Ingya Marine Garden," a cove-shaped diving spot in Tomori, Gusukube, Miyakojima City. The incident is believed to be due to the effects of Typhoon No. 9.
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According to Okinawa Prefecture and other sources, at around 5:15 p.m. on the 9th, two women, a Japanese woman in her 30s and a foreign woman in her 40s, were temporarily swept out to sea by high waves on a promenade near "Ingya Marine Garden," a cove-shaped diving spot in Tomori, Gusukube, Miyakojima City. The incident is believed to be due to the effects of Typhoon No. 9.