How climate change affects Japan’s typhoons
It may feel like Japan’s typhoon season this year has been relentless, but the reality tells a different story. The number of these violent storms is actually dropping, as climate …
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Shanshan study spotlights science linking warming to extreme weather
On Aug. 29, when a typhoon feared to morph into “the biggest storm ever” made landfall and battered wide areas of Japan with wind gusts, torrential rain and high waves, …
Shanghai slammed by biggest typhoon to hit city since 1949
The biggest typhoon in more than seven decades has hit China’s financial capital, bringing gale-force winds and heavy rain to the eastern seaboard and disrupting holidaymakers at the start of …
Super Typhoon Yagi hits Vietnam after casualties in China’s Hainan
Super Typhoon Yagi, Asia’s most powerful storm this year, made landfall in northern Vietnam on Saturday, the meteorological agency said, after tearing through China’s southern island of Hainan where it …
How climate change made Shanshan more likely and more devastating
The devastating winds of Shanshan were 26% more likely due to climate change, a rapid analysis by Imperial College London has found. Separately, a Japan-based expert on severe storms said …
Climate change fueled deadly Typhoon Gaemi, study finds
Bangkok – Climate change turbocharged the winds and rain of Typhoon Gaemi, which killed dozens of people across the Philippines, Taiwan and China earlier this year, a group of scientists …
Powerful Typhoon Shanshan makes landfall in Kyushu
Typhoon Shanshan made landfall near the city of Satsumasendai, Kagoshima Prefecture, at around 8 a.m. on Thursday as a “very strong” storm, bringing severe weather to a wide area. As …
Can Japan handle a heat wave and natural disaster at the same time?
Futtsu, Chiba Pref. – Hiroaki Nishino witnessed the violent whims of nature firsthand in September 2019, when a powerful typhoon packing winds of up to 200 kilometers per hour made …
Kyushu braces for powerful Typhoon Shanshan as heavy rain lashes Japan
The Kyushu region is bracing for the likely landfall of the slow-moving but powerful Typhoon Shanshan, with heavy rain already impacting a wide area of Japan and causing a landslide …
Typhoon Shanshan set to become a ‘very powerful’ storm later this week
Typhoon Shanshan is expected to become a “very powerful” storm later this week, the Meteorological Agency said Sunday, bringing rain and gusts of wind to western and eastern Japan that …