Friday, August 29, 2025
The HBC Hokkaido News website, operated by Hokkaido Broadcasting Co., Ltd. (Sapporo), has published an article (dated August 27th) titled "Gust of wind hits Hokuryu Town, Hokkaido, destroying vacant houses, blowing roofs off storage sheds, and causing damage including toppling crops in fields. Sapporo Regional Meteorological Observatory dispatches staff to investigate the situation." We would like to introduce this article to you.
The same article is also published on the TBS (TBS Television) internet site [TBS NEWS DIG], which is part of the JNN (Japan News Network) network with TBS as its key station.
HBC Hokkaido News
![A "gust of wind" hits Hokuryu Town, Hokkaido. Damage includes the complete destruction of a vacant house, the roof of a storage shed being blown off, and crops being toppled. The Sapporo Regional Meteorological Observatory dispatched staff to investigate the situation. [HBC]](https://portal.hokuryu.info/wp/wp-content/uploads/2025/08/c7f8703c7e9d84ad63f27082b35f95c8.jpg)
TBS NEWS DIG
![A "gust of wind" hits Hokuryu Town, Hokkaido. Damage includes the complete destruction of a vacant house, the roof of a storage shed being blown off, and crops being toppled. The Sapporo Regional Meteorological Observatory dispatches staff to investigate the situation. [TBS]](https://portal.hokuryu.info/wp/wp-content/uploads/2025/08/2025-08-29-8.39.55.jpg)
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![Heavy rainfall in Hokkaido: 197mm in 24 hours in Toyotomi, 94 people evacuated in northern Hokkaido, gusty winds in Hokuryu [Hokkaido Shimbun Digital]](https://portal.hokuryu.info/wp/wp-content/uploads/2025/08/2025-08-28-7.54.19-375x272.jpg)
![Two huts destroyed in Hokuryu Town due to possible gust of wind on the 26th. Meteorological observatory conducts on-site investigation. [NHK Hokkaido WEB]](https://portal.hokuryu.info/wp/wp-content/uploads/2025/08/2025-08-29-8.37.15-375x275.jpg)
