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FUKUOKA/YUFU, Japan (Reuters) -Typhoon Shanshan soaked large swathes of Japan with torrential rain on Friday, prompting warnings for flooding and landslides hundreds of miles from the storm's ...
1978 Tokyo tornado: 28 February 1978: Japan: ≥1: 36 injuries: Longest path length Japanese tornado at 41.2 km (25.6 mi) Damaged 289 homes and derailed a train [76] [78] Hachirohgata village tornado: 11 January 1987: Hachirohgata village, Akita Prefecture, Japan: ≥1: None: Longest duration Japanese tornado at 41 minutes [76] Mobara tornado ...
The storm, according to the weather agency, is moving southeast at about 15 kph, with wind speeds going up to 65 kph and gusts reaching up to 90 kph. Mobile networks in several parts of Japan affected
Severe weather can occur under a variety of situations, but three characteristics are generally needed: a temperature or moisture boundary, moisture, and (in the event of severe, precipitation-based events) instability in the atmosphere.
Millions of people were ordered to evacuate their homes as Typhoon Shanshan lashed southwest Japan with strong winds and torrential rain on Thursday, knocking out power, snarling air traffic and ...
Japan is regularly affected by natural disasters, with the country also being in the Ring of Fire. Two out of the five most expensive natural disasters in recent history have occurred in Japan, in 1995 (~6,500 deaths) and 2011 (~20,000 deaths) – the latter of which had also triggered the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear disaster .
Upon its introduction, the Japanese government hoped to have 80% of the country equipped with the J-Alert system by 2009. [2] However, by 2011, only 36% of the nation had been covered. Cost had been a major factor; the initial installation is estimated to be around 430 million yen , and the yearly maintenance is estimated to be around 10 ...
October 12, 2019 ― Typhoon Hagibis, known in Japan as the Reiwa 1 East Japan Typhoon, would devastate the Tokyo region, becoming the costliest storm to affect Japan on record, as well as the costliest Pacific typhoon at the time. The storm would kill 118 people directly and 29 indirectly in total with 3 missing, with total damages of US$17.3 ...