Tweet of the Week #50: Typhoon Hagibis Causes Panic Buying of Tape blog.gaijinpot.com

Typhoon Hagibis is no jokeThe forecast for wind and torrential rain is getting grimmer by the hour.
Categorized as a violent typhoon, the highest category on the Japanese scale, Hagibis is making landfall today.
Since Thursday, Japanese people have been panic buying reinforced tape, and home centers are now out of stock.
台風19号 （ たいふうじゅうきゅうごう ） で”養生テープ” 売 （ う ） り 切 （ き ） れ 相次 （ あいじ ） ぐ メーカー「 注文 （ ちゅうもん ） が 急増 （ きゅうぞう ） しています」= Because of the Typhoon Hagibis (typhoon no.19) curing tape stockists are running out out one after another.
“Orders are rapidly increasing.”Dreading the hassle of finding curing tape (what even is curing tape?!)