Dianmu tropical storm to reach Russia`s Kuril Islands

VLADIVOSTOK, August 11 (Itar-Tass) -- The tropical storm Dianmu, which
hit the Korean peninsula coast early on Wednesday is heading for Russia's
Kuril Islands in the Far East, the press service of the Primorsky
territorial meteorological service told Itar-Tass.
The storm is shifting across the Sea of Japan (East Sea) to the north
east. It is expected to bring about waves of up to five meters high. Soon
it will reach Japan, and is expected to hit the Kuril Islands on August 14.
Dianmu, named after the Chinese thunder & lightning goddess, is the
fourth typhoon in 2010, the first one to reach so far northwards. In 2004,
a typhoon of the same name caused heavy floods in Japan and South Korea
and claimed dozens of human lives.
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