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The book is about the Hiroshima Meteorological Observatory in 1945. Hiroshima was fully destroyed in the Atomic Bombing on August 6, 1945. One month later, the phenomenal and powerful typhoon called Makurazaki Typhoon hit Hiroshima and resulted in 1,229 dead, 1,054 injured, and 783 missing in Hiroshima Prefecture. This book investigated what ...
On September 17, 1945, Hiroshima was struck by the Makurazaki Typhoon (Typhoon Ida). Hiroshima Prefecture suffered more than 3,000 deaths and injuries, about half the national total. [ 37 ] More than half the bridges in the city were destroyed, along with heavy damage to roads and railroads, further devastating the city.
Reiwa 1 East Japan Typhoon (令和元年東日本台風) More than 2,000 people were killed in the Hiroshima Prefecture after heavy rains brought by a weakening Ida caused severe landslides. [ 8 ] [ 1 ] [ 9 ] The storm occurred just days after the Empire of Japan surrendered to the Allies in the Pacific War , formally ending World War II , and ...
The 1945 Pacific typhoon season was the first official season to be included in the West Pacific typhoon database. It was also the first season to name storms. It has no official bounds; it ran year-round in 1945, but most tropical cyclones tend to form in the northwestern Pacific Ocean between June and December.
Hiroshima was subsequently struck by Typhoon Ida on 17 September 1945. More than half the bridges were destroyed, and the roads and railroads were damaged, further devastating the city. [315] The population increased from 83,000 soon after the bombing to 146,000 in February 1946. [316]
Typhoon and tidal surge 26 Aug 1884: Mainly, Inland Sea area (Okayama Prefecture, Ehime Prefecture and Hiroshima Prefecture), According to Japanese Government official report, resulting death toll of 1,992, mainly 722 death in Okayama, 345 in Ehime and 131 in Hiroshima. 1,930: 1947 Typhoon Kathleen: Typhoon and floods 16 Sep 1947
Suffered great damage from the Makurazaki Typhoon on September 17, 1945. Renamed sa the Hiroshima Local Meteorological Observatory on November 1, 1949. The competent authorities was changed to the Meteorological Agency on July 1, 1956. The Hiroshima Local Meteorological Observatory was moved to Kami-hachobori, Naka-ku, Hiroshima on December 22 ...
Hiroshima Peace Memorial Park (広島平和記念公園, Hiroshima Heiwa Kinen Kōen) is a memorial park in the center of Hiroshima, Japan.It is dedicated to the legacy of Hiroshima as the first city in the world to suffer a nuclear attack at the end of World War II, and to the memories of the bomb's direct and indirect victims (of whom there may have been as many as 140,000).