The storm was probably producing a storm surge of around 2 meters (6.6 feet) between Makurazaki and Ibusuki in extreme-southern Kyushu. Until the typhoon’s circulation is fully inland ...

Aug. 28 (UPI) --The Japan Meteorological Agency Wednesday issued a rare emergency typhoon warning for Kagoshima Prefecture, with storm surge warnings for four municipalities. "A special storm and ...

A storm surge is water that is pushed onto shore by a hurricane. It is rarely a "wall of water" as often claimed, but rather a rise of water that can be as rapid as several feet in just a few minutes.

China is gearing up for Super Typhoon Yagi's landfall on Friday afternoon, impacting Guangdong and Hainan with strong winds, ...

A bridge in the Philippines withstood the impact of multiple barges last week as Typhoon Gaemi, a Category 4 storm, swept across East Asia. The dramatic video of the crash shows a river’s ...

Most of the area will be uninhabitable for weeks or months. The scale used to include other impacts like storm surge ranges and flooding, but they were removed to reduce public confusion ...

A storm surge occurs when a typhoon or a developing low-pressure system approaches and the ocean's surface is sucked higher. In addition, strong winds cause vast amounts of sea water to flood ...

Typhoon Shanshan is set to strike western Japan Wednesday, causing as much as $10 billion in damage and losses from winds, storm surge and flooding rains. Shanshan was 590 miles (950 kilometers ...

A hurricane or typhoon is a type of tropical cyclone, or severe tropical storm. They form in almost all ocean basins. A typical cyclone is accompanied by thunderstorms, and in the Northern ...

Roads and neighbourhoods in Shanghai flooded on Friday (September 20, 2024) as the Chinese megacity was battered by a second typhoon days after it was hit by its strongest storm in 75 years.

Typhoon Pulasan comes days after the strongest storm to hit the megacity since 1949, Bebinca, caused extensive damage on Monday. Pulasan made landfall on Thursday night, with a maximum wind speed ...

Pulasan made landfall near the Chinese megacity, days after it was hit by its strongest typhoon in decades, bringing flood and landslide risks. By John Yoon Tropical Storm Pulasan made landfall ...