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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.
A very strong typhoon is the second highest category used by the Japan Meteorological Agency (JMA) to classify tropical cyclones that has reached typhoon intensity in the Northwest Pacific basin. The basin is limited to the north of the equator between the 100th meridian east and the 180th meridian .
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 Ida (1958) – An intense, but deadlier typhoon that also affected similar areas; known as the Kanogawa Typhoon in Japan. Typhoon Tip (1979) – The largest and most intense tropical cyclone on record, which took a similar path to Hagibis. Typhoon Mireille (1991) – A powerful typhoon that hit Japan and became the costliest typhoon on ...
Nearly 4 million people were urged to evacuate before the storm hit. Typhoon Shanshan is the strongest storm of the season so far, and Wednesday was only the fourth time on record that Japan's ...
The strongest tropical cyclone recorded worldwide, as measured by minimum central pressure, was Typhoon Tip, which reached a pressure of 870 hPa (25.69 inHg) on October 12, 1979. [2] Furthermore, on October 23, 2015, Hurricane Patricia attained the strongest 1-minute sustained winds on record at 185 knots (95 m/s; 215 mph; 345 km/h). [3]
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 ...
In Japan, according to Japan Fire and Disaster Management Agency official confirmed report, 194 people were killed, 8 were missing, and 4,972 people were injured. These totals made Nancy the sixth-deadliest typhoon to hit Japan at the time. Timely warnings and adequate preparations were probably responsible for the relatively low death toll.