Typhoon Hagibis Struck Japan After Rapidly Intensifying Over the Western Pacific Ocean (RECAP)
Jan 17, 2024
At a Glance Typhoon Hagibis made landfall in Japan on Saturday, Oct. 12, at Category 2 strength.Torrential rainfall, damaging winds and storm surge flooding hammered Japan.This was the second significant typhoon strike in Tokyo in just over a month, after September's Faxai. Typhoon Hagibis struck Japan on Saturday, Oct. 12, with torrential rainfall, storm surge flooding and strong winds hammering its largest main island, Honshu. Hagibis had rapidly intensified into a super typhoon over the open waters of the Western...