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Typhoon Jebi came ashore with sustained winds of 100 miles per hour, cutting a path of destruction in and around Osaka and nearby cities.
TOKYO (AP) — One of Japan's busiest airports remained closed indefinitely, a day after the strongest typhoon to hit Japan in 25 years flooded a runway, toppled huge cranes, flipped cars on their ...
Typhoon Krathon, known in the Philippines as Super Typhoon Julian, was a powerful and erratic tropical cyclone which impacted Taiwan and the Philippines in late September and early October 2024. Krathon, which refers to the santol fruit, was the first storm to make landfall on Taiwan's densely populated western plains since Typhoon Thelma in 1977.
China, also affected by Typhoon Haiyan, donated US$200,000 to the Philippine relief effort. [33] China provided a donation of US$1.4 million worth of relief supplies. [34] China also sent its naval hospital ship Peace Ark. [35] Hong Kong chief executive CY Leung expressed his deepest sympathies for the typhoon victims. [36]
Mekkhala dropped torrential rainfall over China with amounts of up to 7.874 inches (200 mm) reported in some areas. Train services were halted and flights were canceled at local airports as Mekkhala moved onshore. [102] In Zhangzhou, Fujian, damage from the storm reached 1.1 billion yuan (US$159 million). [103]
A lack of power and fuel for generators, along with damage to studios and transmission facilities, kept radio and television stations off the air after the storm, too. [97] [98] Approximately 3,000 Korean tourists were stranded on the island as the island's international airport remained shut down due to damage caused by Typhoon Mawar. [99]
The 2006 Pacific typhoon season was a destructive and deadly season, although it was near-average in terms of activity with a total of 23 named storms, 15 typhoons, and six super typhoons. Compared to the previous season , more typhoons inflicted damage across several countries, particularly China and the Philippines , some of which made ...
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