Typhoon Hagibis | Typhoon 19 8
Pacifictyphoonin2019TyphoonHagibis,knowninJapanasTyphoonNo.19orReiwa1EastJapanTyphoon(令和元年東日本台風,ReiwaGannenHigashi-NihonTaifū),[2]wasalargeandcostlytropicalcyclonethatcausedwidespreaddestructioninJapan.Thethirty-eighthdepression,ninthtyphoon,andthirdsupertyphoonofthe2019Pacifictyphoonseason,itwasthestrongesttyphoontostrikemainlandJapanindecades,andoneofthelargesttyphoonseverrecorded,withapeakgale-forcediameterof825nauticalmiles(949 mi;1,528 km).Thetyphoonraisedglobalmediaattention,a...
Pacific typhoon in 2019
Typhoon Hagibis, known in Japan as Typhoon No.19 or Reiwa 1 East Japan Typhoon (令和元年東日本台風, Reiwa Gannen Higashi-Nihon Taifū),[2] was a large and costly tropical cyclone that caused widespread destruction in Japan. The thirty-eighth depression, ninth typhoon, and third super typhoon of the 2019 Pacific typhoon season, it was the strongest typhoon to strike mainland Japan in decades, and one of the largest typhoons ever recorded, with a peak gale-force diameter of 825 nautical miles (949 mi; 1,528 km). The typhoon raised global media attention, as it greatly affected the 2019 Rugby World Cup being hosted by Japan.[3] Hagibis was also the deadliest typhoon to strike Japan since Typhoon Fran in 1976.[4]
Hagibis developed from a tropical disturbance located a couple hundred miles north of the Marshall Islands on 2 October 2019. The Joint Typhoon Warning Center issued a red tropical cyclone formation alert - noting that the disturbance could undergo ...