Typhoon Haishen
- Typhoon Haishen made landfall over southern Japan on 6th September. It has been categorised as a Category 4 storm which means well-built framed houses can suffer severe damage with loss of most of the roof structure and exterior walls.
- The damage associated with strong typhoons include wind damage, water damage, high tide damage and wave damage.
- It has left over a dozen people injured and left hundreds of thousands of households without electricity in the country.
- Multiple typhoons hit Japan every year and typically, typhoon season is expected to last till November.
Naming of Typhoons
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