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Typhoon Sarah, known as the Miyakojima Typhoon in Japan, was a destructive typhoon which was one of the strongest storms on record to strike South Korea and Russia.It formed during the peak of the busy 1959 Pacific typhoon season near Guam, and moved generally to the west-northwest.
The 1959 Pacific typhoon season was regarded as one of the most devastating years for Pacific typhoons on record, with China, Japan and South Korea sustaining catastrophic losses. [1] It was an event in the annual cycle of tropical cyclone formation.
Typhoon Vera, also known as the Isewan Typhoon (伊勢湾台風, Ise-wan Taifū), was an exceptionally intense tropical cyclone that struck Japan in September 1959, becoming the strongest and deadliest typhoon on record to make landfall on the country, as well as the only one to do so as a Category 5 equivalent storm.
September 14, 1959 ― Typhoon Sarah, known in Japan as the Miyakojima Typhoon, kills 7 and causes US$2 million in damages on Miyakojima. September 26, 1959 ― Typhoon Vera, known in Japan as the Isewan Typhoon, would be the worst typhoon to affect the nation on record, killing 5,098 and causing US$261 million in damages. [17]
Joan was the strongest typhoon of 1959 Pacific typhoon season, and one of the most intense Pacific typhoons on record. Joan formed from a surface center to the northeast of Guam on August 23, in which Japan Meteorological Agency began to track and classify the system as a tropical depression on the next day.
Events in the year 1959 in Japan. Incumbents. Emperor: Hirohito [1] ... Typhoon Vera with tidal wave hit around Ise Bay, total 5,098 person were lives, ...
Typhoon Emma was a strong typhoon that struck Okinawa during the 1959 Pacific typhoon season.An area of severe weather formed near Kwajalein Atoll on October 30, and the Japan Meteorological Agency (JMA) began tracking it as a tropical depression on November 1.
Typhoon Georgia was a strong typhoon which struck Japan on August 14, 1959. It was also one of the few observed tropical cyclones that made direct landfall in Russia (then known as the Soviet Union ) as a tropical storm.