大型で非常に強い台風9号が沖縄・先島諸島に接近　11日にかけて最大瞬間風速60メートルの猛烈な風、気象庁が暴風・高波・高潮に厳重警戒を呼びかけ

Welcome to Japanese Daily News. I'm Maya. Today is July tenth. A large, very powerful typhoon is bearing down on Okinawa's southern islands right now. Today's story is about the warnings and what people there are being told to do. Let's listen.

Now let's break it down, sentence by sentence.

A large, very strong Typhoon No. 9 is approaching Okinawa.

It means large in scale.

It means to approach or come closer.

The typhoon is expected to come quite close to Okinawa's Sakishima Islands on the morning of the eleventh.

It means a close approach.

It means an expectation or forecast of what will happen.

The Meteorological Agency is urging areas such as Miyakojima to be on strict guard.

It means caution or being on guard against danger.

It means to call on or urge people to do something.

The maximum wind speed expected on the eleventh is forty-five meters per second, with gusts up to sixty.

It means the maximum sustained wind speed.

This is a violent wind, so strong that a person cannot stay standing outside.

It means fierce or violent.

In the Sakishima Islands, there is even a risk that some houses could be destroyed.

It means to break or be destroyed.

It means a risk or fear that something bad may happen.

The sea is also very rough, and caution is needed for high waves and storm surge.

It means a storm surge, when the sea level rises abnormally.

It means a wave.

Heavy rain continues, and there is also a danger of landslides and rivers overflowing.

It means a landslide or sediment disaster.

It means flooding, when a river overflows.

The agency is telling people to evacuate to a safe place early.

It means evacuation, moving to a safe place.

Because it's dangerous, please stay inside a sturdy building and don't go outside.

Here it means sturdy or solidly built.

It means danger or dangerous.

Let's listen to the whole story one more time.

Time for a short quiz. Listen and try to answer.

On the morning of the eleventh.

Sixty meters per second.

To evacuate to a safe place early and stay inside a sturdy building.

That's all for today. If you're in Okinawa, please stay safe indoors and follow the local warnings. Thanks for listening, and see you tomorrow.