weather.com meteorologists
Typhoon Haishen is taking aim at southern Japan and South Korea just days after Typhoon Maysak brought damaging winds and flooding rainfall to parts of these areas.
Haishen became the first super typhoon of the season in the western Pacific early on Sept. 4. A super typhoon has maximum sustained winds of 150 mph or greater.
Haishen has recently weakened, but is expected to maintain its intensity as a strong typhoon over the next day or so.
Maysak brought strong winds and heavy rainfall in parts of southern Japan before making landfall on the southern coast of South Korea early Thursday, local time. More information on Maysak can be found below the Haishen forecast.
Haishen is tracking toward some of the same areas that were just hit by Maysak.
Haishen Forecast
Haishen will track northwestward over the next several days along the western periphery of an upper level area of high pressure located over the northwest Pacific.
That track will take powerful Haishen near parts of southern Japan, including the Ryukyu Islands and Kyushu, by later this weekend. Destructive winds, flooding rainfall and landslides are all potential threats in southern Japan.
Current Information and Forecast PathHaishen will then take aim at South Korea by Monday but will have weakened some. It could be equivalent in strength to a Category 1 or 2 hurricane when it reaches the Korean Peninsula.
Parts of the Korean Peninsula could see another round of damaging winds as well as flooding rainfall from Haishen. However, details at this time are still uncertain so be sure to check back for updates in the days ahead.
Rainfall OutlookMaysak's Recap
Maysak impacted southern Japan, including parts of the Ryukyu Islands and Kyushu, early this week.
Okinawa Island, including Kadena Air Base, generally measured gusts from 70 to 85 mph. A peak gust of 98 mph was measured in the city of Naha, according to the Japan Meteorological Agency.
Hundreds of homes lost power in Okinawa because of the strong winds, the AP reported.
Taking the hardest hit from Maysak's eyewall was Kume Island, about 60 miles west of Okinawa Island Monday night. Winds gusted up to 122 mph, according to the JMA. They also picked up almost 9 inches of rain in 24 hours through late Tuesday afternoon.
Maysak then made landfall in South Korea early Thursday.
Winds gusted over 80 mph in Busan, which is near where the center of Maysak crossed the coast. Busan is South Korea's second-largest city.
More than 270,000 homes lost power in South Korea from Maysak's strong winds, but many of those outages have been restored, according to The Associated Press.
Maysak also flooded dozens of roads and vehicles and knocked down trees, the AP reported. At least two deaths in South Korea were blamed on the storm, including one person who was killed in Busan after being injured by shattered window glass.
A livestock ship carrying 43 crew members went missing after it made a distress call in rough seas near Japan's southern islands earlier this week, the AP reported. Two crew members were rescued before the search had to be suspended due to the approach of Typhoon Haishen.
Photos: Typhoon Maysak
The Weather Company’s primary journalistic mission is to report on breaking weather news, the environment and the importance of science to our lives. This story does not necessarily represent the position of our parent company, IBM.
The Weather Company’s primary journalistic mission is to report on breaking weather news, the environment and the importance of science to our lives. This story does not necessarily represent the position of our parent company, IBM.
No comments:
Post a Comment