storm Halong Inundates Japan

“Halong then tracked northward, crossed the Seto Inland Sea and made a second landfall on Japan’s fundamental island of Honshu, at approximately 10 a.m. JST on Sunday,” AIR’s record said. “document-breaking rainfall—in some cases, almost three feet1 meter] of rain was dumped at the affected region—induced an emergency weather warning through the Japan Meteorological organization (JMA) that resulted in the evacuation of half of a million people.”

Dr. Anna Trevino, scientist at AIR global said: “As of Monday morning JST, Halong had transitioned to a submit-tropical cyclone placed at forty three° North latitude and 137° East longitude over the sea of Japan. presently, Halong famous sustained winds of fifty six-111 km/h (35-sixty nine mph). Flood warnings, however, remain in effect at some point of Hokkaido, Japan’s northernmost foremost island.

“Halong lashed the vicinity with high winds and torrential rains, such as the foremost cities of Osaka, Kobe, and Kyoto. report-breaking rainfall became recorded in Mie Prefecture—which become inundated by almost 17 inches [432 mm] of rain in 24 hours—prompting an emergency climate warning via the JMA that brought on the evacuation of 1/2 a million people.”

AIR said the “most mentioned rainfall rate from Halong happened in Kochi prefecture, which recorded a incredible 33.94 inches [862 mm] of rain in 24 hours, and a total of forty two.fifty six inches [1081 mm] in a 72-hour length. This severe rainfall resulted in landslides inside the prefecture, and is some of the 10 biggest 24-hour rainfall totals recorded in the place for the reason that JMA mounted its high resolution observation network in the mid-1970s.

“broken houses were said in Tochigi prefecture, north of Tokyo, often because of the hurricane’s heavy rain. in the course of Japan, masses of houses were damaged by using Halong, with the majority of broken homes placed in Kochi prefecture (placed on Japan’s principal island of Honshu) and Tochigi prefecture (placed on the south coast of Shikoku Island).”

Dr. Trevino noted: “Following at the heels of storm Neoguri, which impacted southern Japan a month ago, Halong inflicted similarly harm at the already saturated area. Taken together, Neoguri and Halong brought about flood damage to over 2,000 homes throughout Japan, with both storms causing the maximum damage in Kochi prefecture. in addition, observe that Halong accompanied a song route much like that taken through storm Roke in 2011, which prompted essential flooding and damaged over three,000 homes; insured losses from Roke were predicted at $1.1 billion, in most cases because of flood damage.”

together with the property harm it has inflicted, Halong disrupted tour associated with Japan’s annual Buddhist vacation of Obon. hundreds of flights had been canceled due to Halong. Bullet educate carrier changed into also disrupted in components of the affected location. Flooded roads in addition disrupted journey by way of automobile and the massive quantity of rain dumped by Halong can also cause additional landslides due to slope saturation.