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In Pictures: Typhoon Hagibis" path of destruction as it hits northern Japan after paralysing Tokyo @ 2019-10-20T08: Back Hot News
Keyword:Typhoon Hagibis
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DISASTERS, FLOODS, TYPHOONS, TYPHOON HAGIBIS
JAPAN TYPICALLY SEES IMPACTS FROM BETWEEN FIVE AND SIX TYPHOONS PER YEAR, THOUGH NOT ALL OF THESE MAKE DIRECT LANDFALL. EVEN AMONG THESE, HOWEVER, TYPHOON HAGIBIS STANDS OUT FOR ITS TRACK AND THE AMOUNT OF RAINFALL IT DELIVERED TO HIGHLY POPULATED AREAS IN A SHORT PERIOD.
ONE WEEK LATER: THE SCARS OF TYPHOON HAGIBIS, IN PICTURES
TYPHOON-DAMAGED CARS SIT ON THE STREET COVERED WITH MUD, OCT. 14, 2019, IN HOYASU, JAPAN. RESCUE CREWS DUG THROUGH MUDSLIDES AND SEARCHED NEAR SWOLLEN RIVERS AS THEY LOOKED FOR THOSE MISSING FROM TYPHOON HAGIBIS
SUPER TYPHOON HAGIBIS COULD POTENTIALLY BE MORE POWERFUL AND MORE DESTRUCTIVE THAN TYPHOON IDA, WHICH LEFT 1,269 DEAD IN 1958. PHOTO: AP
MORE THAN 200 RIVERS OVERFLOWED AND INUNDATED THE TYPHOON-HIT AREAS, ACCORDING TO THE MINISTRY OF LAND, INFRASTRUCTURE AND TRANSPORTATION. HAGIBIS CAUSED DAMAGE TO EXTENSIVE AREAS, MOST LIKELY BECAUSE IT HARDLY LOST STRENGTH DUE TO WARMER-THAN-USUAL SEA TEMPERATURES AND BECAME A SUPER-SIZE TYPHOON, UNLIKE USUAL AUTUMN TYPHOONS THAT WEAKEN WHILE TRAVELING NORTH, EXPERTS SAID.
AS OF WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON, THE METEOROLOGICAL AGENCY DESCRIBED THE STORM AS “VIOLENT” — ITS HIGHEST CLASSIFICATION — ADDING THAT THE STORM HAD SUSTAINED WINDS OF 198 KPH. THE U.S. MILITARY’S JOINT TYPHOON WARNING CENTER, OBSERVING HIGHER SUSTAINED WINDS OF 259 KPH, CLASSIFIED HAGIBIS AS A CATEGORY 5-EQUIVALENT SUPER TYPHOON.
KAJIHARA SAID TYPHOON HAGIBIS RESEMBLED A TYPHOON THAT HIT THE TOKYO REGION IN 1958 WITH HEAVY RAINS AND LEFT A HALF-MILLION HOUSES FLOODED. MORE THAN 1,200 PEOPLE DIED IN THAT STORM.
AFTER TYPHOON HAGIBIS, DRAMATIC RESCUES OF RESIDENTS TRAPPED BY FLOODS
WEATHER, STORMS, TYPHOONS, TYPHOON HAGIBIS
SHINKANSEN, JR EAST, TYPHOONS, HOKURIKU SHINKANSEN, TYPHOON HAGIBIS
HUMANITY ROAD: JAPAN TYPHOON 19 / TYPHOON HAGIBIS: SITUATION REPORT 1 – PERIOD COVERED: OCTOBER 12-14, 2019 13 OCT 2019
RECOVERY EFFORTS BEGIN IN JAPAN AFTER TYPHOON HAGIBIS
AS WARM MOIST AIR FROM #TYPHOON #HAGIBIS

 

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