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Japan is generally a rainy country with high humidity. [1] Because of its wide range of latitude, [1] seasonal winds and different types of ocean currents, [citation needed] Japan has a variety of climates, with a latitude range of the inhabited islands from 24°N – 46°N, which is comparable to the range between Nova Scotia and The Bahamas in the east coast of North America. [1]
The torrential precipitation in Japan was considered some of the worst in the past century. Saomai, the second strongest typhoon in the western Pacific in 2000, developed from an area of disturbed weather in open sea on August 31. The system was initially quick to intensify, reaching an initial peak intensity as a typhoon on September 4.
The origins of Typhoon Krathon can be traced back to September 26, when the Japan Meteorological Agency (JMA) reported a tropical depression 250 km (155 mi) south-southwest of Kadena Air Base, Japan, [1] characterised by a partially exposed low-level circulation centre with persistent deep convection in the southern semicircle and formative ...
The Los Angeles River, which was usually low during September, became a raging torrent. [7] With heavy rain immediately preceding the tropical storm, flooding killed 45 in Southern California. [8] At sea, 48 were killed. [1] However, the National Hurricane Center only attributes 45 deaths to this system. [9]
Full story: Storm Shanshan brings heavy rain to Tokyo after widespread flooding and travel chaos across southern Japan Friday 30 August 2024 17:13 , Athena Stavrou
A system bringing the chance of rain and thunderstorms across Southern California has cooled down the region. Snow is expected in parts of the Sierras. Rare September rain due in Southern ...
The storm made landfall near Makurazaki in Kagoshima Prefecture on the Japanese mainland on September 17. [1] Ida was at the time the strongest typhoon to hit Kyushu on record, with a minimum sea-level pressure of 916.1 hPa (27.05 inHg) and a maximum wind gust of 62.7 metres per second (140 mph), which was recorded at a weather station in ...
El Niño conditions are forecast to last until next spring.