Thousands Left Without Power As Japan Is Ravaged by Typhoon Shanshan
"This is the first time I saw a typhoon sweeping across all of Japan," a resident in the capital, Tokyo, told Reuters news ...
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Major delays in Shinkansen runs likely as typhoon heads for Japan
The typhoon formed near the Mariana islands in northwestern Micronesia on Aug. 22. It is the sixth this month, according to the Japan Meteorological ... latest forecast map at the JMA website.
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Northern Japan urged to brace for foul weather as typhoon nears
People in northern Japan are being urged to ... in many areas,” a JMA official told a news conference on Aug. 10. As of noon on Aug. 10, the typhoon had a central pressure of 985 hectopascals ...
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Japan on alert as typhoon season gets underway
The two strongest storms in Japan’s history are Typhoon Nancy, with 925hPa at landfall in 1961, and Vera, with 929hPa in 1959. Meteorologists were ranking Haishen among the top three strongest ...
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Learning more about typhoons
It is important to understand and prepare for the risks of storm surges well in advance of a typhoon. Local governments in Japan prepare hazard maps that identify flood risk areas and list ...
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Thousands told to evacuate as 'extremely strong' typhoon nears Japan (update)
The warnings indicate the "possibility that a major disaster prompted by (the typhoon) is extremely high," Satoshi Sugimoto, chief forecaster of JMA, told a news conference. Japan Airlines ...