India to Japan: When a cyclone and typhoon attack

Waves crash as Typhoon Vongfong approaches Japan's main islands in Kuroshio Town, Kochi prefecture, in this photo taken by Kyodo October 12, 2014. Typhoon Vongfong battered the southern Japanese island of Okinawa on Sunday, injuring 31 people and knocking out power before losing intensity and getting downgraded to a tropical storm.  Mandatory credit. (REUTERS)




Waves crash as Typhoon Vongfong approaches Japan's main islands while surfers try to ride  a wave at Eguchihama Beach in Hioki, Kagoshima prefecture, in this photo taken by Kyodo October 12, 2014. Typhoon Vongfong battered the southern Japanese island of Okinawa on Sunday, injuring 31 people and knocking out power before losing intensity and getting downgraded to a tropical storm. Mandatory credit. (REUTERS)




A couple watches huge wave at a cape in Yomitan Village, Japan's southern island of Okinawa Sunday, Oct. 12, 2014. A powerful typhoon poured heavy rains over Okinawa and was aiming at the next island of Kyushu on Sunday, becoming the second severe storm to hit in a week. (AP)




People try to repair the roof damaged by heavy wind and rain as typhoon Vongfong approaches in Amami, Kagoshima Sunday, Oct. 12, 2014. The powerful typhoon poured heavy rains over Japan's southern island of Okinawa and was aiming at the next island of Kyushu on Sunday, becoming the second severe storm to hit in a week. (AP)




People visit a cape to watch rough sea in Yomitan Village, Japan's southern island of Okinawa Sunday, Oct. 12, 2014. A powerful typhoon poured heavy rains over Okinawa and was aiming at the next island of Kyushu on Sunday, becoming the second severe storm to hit in a week. (AP)




A man tries to pick up sugar cane fallen by heavy wind and rain as typhoon Vongfong approaches in Yomitan, Okinawa, Sunday, Oct. 12, 2014. The powerful typhoon poured heavy rains over Japan's southern island of Okinawa and was aiming at the next island of Kyushu on Sunday, becoming the second severe storm to hit in a week. (AP)




Roadside trees are blown by strong winds in Miyazaki, Japan's southern island of Kyushu on October 12, 2014. Powerful Typhoon Vongfong was churning towards Japan's main islands after strong winds and heavy rain left 23 injured in the south. (AFP)




Fishermen move a fishing boat to a safer place along the shore ahead of cyclone Hudhud at Ganjam district in the eastern Indian state of Odisha October 11, 2014. About 150,000 people were evacuated on India's eastern seaboard on Saturday as cyclone Hudhud bore down and grew in sheer force, threatening to devastate farmland and fishing villages when it hits the coast on Sunday morning.  (REUTERS)




Boys walk on fishing boats by the shore before being evacuated, at Visakhapatnam district in the southern Indian state of Andhra Pradesh October 11, 2014. At least 100,000 people were evacuated on India's eastern seaboard on Saturday as cyclone Hudhud bore down, threatening to devastate farmland and fishing villages when it hits the coast on Sunday morning. (REUTERS)




Fishermen walk along the shore at Ganjam district in the eastern Indian state of Odisha October 11, 2014. About 150,000 people were evacuated on India's eastern seaboard on Saturday as cyclone Hudhud bore down and grew in sheer force, threatening to devastate farmland and fishing villages when it hits the coast on Sunday morning. (REUTERS)




Indian fisherman dock their fishing boats to a jetty in Chennai, India, Friday, Oct.10 2014. An alert was sounded to the fishermen as cyclone "Hudhud" is expected to cross the Bay of Bengal coast, according to local reports. (AP)




Indian fishermen move a boat away from the coast following a cyclone warning near Podampeta village, on the outskirts of Gopalpur beach in Ganjam district, 140 kilometers (87 miles) south of Bhubaneswar, India, Saturday, Oct. 11, 2014. Indian authorities were evacuating hundreds of thousands of people Saturday as a powerful cyclone “Hudhud” swept through the Bay of Bengal and headed toward the country's east coast. (AP)




An Indian youth is pictured in the surf as large waves hit the beach ahead of Cyclone Hudhud making expected landfall in Visakhapatnam on October 11, 2014. India on October 11 began evacuating thousands of people from fishing villages as it braced for Cyclone Hudhud barrelling towards its east coast, officials said. (AFP)




Indian fishermen negotiate their skiff through rough waves ahead of Cyclone Hudhud making expected landfall in Visakhapatnam on October 11, 2014. India on October 11 began evacuating thousands of people from fishing villages as it braced for Cyclone Hudhud barrelling towards its east coast, officials said. (AFP)

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