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2019 Typhoon Hagibis. Japan is one of the countries frequently hit by typhoons, with the nation giving its own names to particularly destructive storms.. Since records began in 1951, an average of 2.6 typhoons reached the main islands of Kyushu, Shikoku, Honshu and Hokkaido per year.
Typhoon Shanshan was a powerful tropical cyclone that moved through Japan in August 2024. The tenth named storm and fourth typhoon of the annual typhoon season , Shanshan was first noted near the Mariana Islands on August 20, with deep convection beginning to consolidate.
Typhoon Lan was a powerful tropical cyclone that struck central Japan in mid-August 2023. The seventh named storm and fifth typhoon of the 2023 Pacific typhoon season , Lan originated from an area of low pressure several hundred kilometers east of Iwo Jima .
Typhoon Ampil was a powerful tropical cyclone that brushed Japan and brought torrential gusty winds to Alaska in early August 2024. The seventh named storm and third typhoon of the annual typhoon season .
The 2024 Pacific typhoon season is an ongoing event in the annual cycle of tropical cyclone formation in the western Pacific Ocean.It is the fifth-latest starting Pacific typhoon season on record, as well as the deadliest since 2013, and the fifth-costliest Pacific typhoon season on record, mostly due to Yagi.
12:00 UTC at ― Typhoon Ampil weakens to a severe tropical storm as it pulls further away from [ 88 ] 21:00 UTC at 43°36′N 161°30′E / 43.6°N 161.5°E / 43.6; 161.5 ( Ampil starts its extratropical transition ) ― The JMA last notes Severe Tropical Storm Ampil as a tropical system as it starts its extratropical transition
The Japan Meteorological Agency's RSMC Tokyo — Typhoon Center assigns international names to tropical cyclones on behalf of the World Meteorological Organization's Typhoon Committee, should they be judged to have 10-minute sustained windspeeds of 65 km/h (40 mph).
2024 Pacific typhoon season summary map. The Pacific typhoon season began abnormally late, with no systems forming for five months until May 22, when a tropical storm named Ewiniar formed southeast of Palau, marking it as the fifth-latest start of a Pacific typhoon season since reliable records began. [49]