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[4] [3] On the same day, Jane started to weaken due to unfavorable conditions and on 00:00 UTC of September 3, it made landfall near Muroto in Kōchi Prefecture as a Category 2 typhoon. [5] [6] [7] It quickly weakened, passing through the town of Hiwasa and near Kobe before becoming extratropical in the Sea of Japan on 09:00 UTC of September 4.
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.
On September 6, Haishen made landfall on Japan and South Korea as a strong category 2-equivalent typhoon. [ 8 ] Haishen was the third typhoon within a span of two weeks to make landfall in the Korean Peninsula, the others being Bavi and Maysak .
Transportation was also affected by the Typhoon. Early in the morning on 5 September, JR West announced the possibility of a planned suspension of the Sanyo Shinkansen on September 6 [69] with suspension between Hakata and Hiroshima being confirmed later that evening. [73] At least 56 flights were cancelled, affecting over 3,000 people. [74]
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]
On September 2, the Japan Meteorological Agency noted that a tropical depression had formed over the open Pacific. [170] Despite unfavorable conditions, JTWC later issued a TCFA warning, citing that it will intensify in the upcoming days. Two days later, the JTWC designated the system as Tropical Depression 13W.
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.
In September and October 2020, the Faxai and Hagibis typhoons caused power outages that affected 10 million households in Japan. [3] Due to the faster-than-global-average temperature increases and the rising frequency of heat waves, the demand for cooling has been increasing in the country. [3]