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Typhoon Hagibis was a large and powerful tropical cyclone that was considered to be the most devastating typhoon to hit the Kantō region of Japan since Ida in 1958. Hagibis caused additional impacts to Japan, after Faxai struck the same region one month prior. The nineteenth named storm and the ninth typhoon of the 2019 Pacific typhoon season, Hagibis developed from a tropical wave located a couple hundred miles north of the Marshall Islands on 2 October. The system reached tropical storm status late on 5 October as it travelled westward. Soon afterwards, Hagibis underwent a period of rapid intensification, which brought Hagibis to its peak intensity on 7 October. After maintaining the peak intensity for about three days, Hagibis began to weaken due to less favorable environment. On 12 October, Hagibis made landfall at Izu Peninsula as a Category 2–equivalent typhoon. Hagibis became extratropical on the following day.
Violent typhoon (JMA scale) | |
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Category 5 super typhoon (SSHWS) | |
Formed | 4 October 2019 |
Dissipated | Currently active |
(Extratropical after 13 October) | |
Highest winds | 10-minute sustained: 195 km/h (120 mph) 1-minute sustained: 260 km/h (160 mph) |
Lowest pressure | 915 hPa (mbar); 27.02 inHg |
Fatalities | 77 total, 9 missing |
Damage | > $9 billion (2019 USD) |
Areas affected | Mariana Islands, Japan, South Korea, Russia, Alaska |
Part of the 2019 Pacific typhoon season | |
Still recovering from the impacts of Faxai, Hagibis caused widespread damage across Japan, particularly in the Kantō region. As of 17 October 2019[update], at least 77 people have been confirmed dead and 9 others went missing in Japan. However, the death toll as of now has decreased to 69 as 8 people have been found out to be alive.[1] Early on 12 October, Hagibis triggered a tornado in Ichihara City.[2] About half an hour before Hagibis made landfall, a magnitude 5.7 earthquake occurred off the coast of Chiba Prefecture, worsening the dangerous condition even more.[3]