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Japan was a signatory of the 1925 Geneva Protocol, which banned the use of chemical warfare but not the development and storage of chemical weapons. Nevertheless, Japan went to great lengths to keep the chemical munitions plant a secret, even going so far as to remove records of the island from some maps. [ 3 ]
Typhoon Usagi, known in the Philippines as Super Typhoon Ofel, was a powerful tropical cyclone that impacted the Philippines before later affecting Taiwan in early November 2024. It was the fifth of six consecutive tropical cyclones that impacted the Philippines within a span of four weeks, following Tropical Storm Trami and Typhoons Kong-rey ...
Usagi continued to strengthen until it underwent rapid intensification, prompting it to upgrade into a Category-4 super typhoon on November 14. At 1:30 PM PHT (05:30 UTC) of the same day, the storm made landfall over Baggao, Cagayan. Usagi later weakened as the eye began to disappear after having land interaction with the mountains.
2024 Atlantic hurricane season summary map. Though the 2024 Atlantic hurricane season officially began on June 1, it got off to the slowest start since 2014. This was due to a large stationary heat dome over Central America and Mexico, as tropical cyclogenesis in June often occurs over the Gulf of Mexico and northern Caribbean Sea. [10]
Typhoon Toraji, known in the Philippines as Typhoon Nika, was a fairly strong tropical cyclone that impacted the Philippines in early November 2024. It was the fourth tropical cyclone in a series to impact the Philippines, following Tropical Storm Trami and Typhoons Kong-rey, Yinxing, Usagi, and Man-yi which had occurred just a few days earlier.
The name Usagi has been used to name five tropical cyclones in the northwestern Pacific Ocean. The name was contributed by Japan and it refers to Rabbit or Japanese name of the constellation Lepus. Tropical Storm Usagi (2001) (T0110, 13W) – a weak storm that struck Vietnam. Typhoon Usagi (2007) (T0705, 05W) – struck Japan.
Usagi may refer to: Usagi, a Japanese term meaning rabbit; Typhoon Usagi (disambiguation), one of several named tropical storms; Usagi, a Japanese unisex name/unisex given name, used by Usagi Tsukino or Sailor Moon, the main character in Sailor Moon; Usagi "Chibiusa" Tsukino or Chibiusa, a character in Sailor Moon
Usagi exited the Philippine Area of Responsibility at 10:00 UTC; [11] it continued consolidating as rainbands wrapped into the system's center. [21] On November 23, an eye appeared on SSMIS microwave imagery, [22] and at 06:00 UTC, the JMA upgraded Usagi to a severe tropical storm. [9] The JTWC upgraded Usagi to a typhoon later that day. [12]