Latest news about Asian typhoons: 2 storms that 'hit' only one country?

The characteristics of these typhoons Neoguri and Bualoi are very humid, capable of causing rains pouring down on the area it lands.

2019 witnessed many times, but two storms (two at the same time) appeared in the Western Pacific basin. Most recently, the presence of hurricanes Neoguri and Bualoi once again proved the Western Pacific (including the South China Sea) is the most violent "hurricane" on Earth.

So which Asian country is suffering at the same time these storms Neoguri and Bualoi? The answer is Japan - a country that has not fully overcome the situation when the Hagibis storm on October 12 left at least 80 people dead, hundreds injured and causing widespread floods.

According to the latest NASA weather forecast, if Typhoon Neoguri is moving along the northern coast of Japan, Typhoon Bualoi will "hit" East Japan this week and continue to get stronger. .

The appearance of the storms proves that the Western Pacific is the most violent "hurricane" on Earth.

Alarm characteristics of storm waves hitting Japan

The alarming characteristics of this storm heading towards Japan this time are: Although 2 storms are maintaining strength at Level 2 (for Typhoon Neoguri) and Level 3, the possibility of increasing to Level 4 (for Typhoon Bualoi) on Saffir-Simpson hurricane scale, their danger comes from the ability to cause very large rainfall on a large scale.

The satellites of the Global Rainfall Program (GPM), coordinated by the Japan Aerospace Agency (JAXA) and NASA, show that both of these storms (though not as strong as Hagibis so far). ) all rained down on Japan in heavy rains, forcing the Japan Meteorological Agency (JMA) to issue a warning about landslides and widespread floods.

If the Neoguri storm is classified by the JMA as an extratropical cyclone , a type of storm capable of producing anything from clouds and rain to high winds, thunderstorms, cyclones - then Bualoi storms are European meteorological expert set up a model showing the tremendous moisture that this storm has in its storm system.

When the severe consequences caused by Typhoon Hagibis in Japan in less than two weeks have not been fully overcome, the country continues to experience the torrential rains of the 20th and 21st typhoons in 2019 of surname.

1. Situation of Neoguri storm (atmospheric pressure is 990 hPa) : Typhoon is causing heavy rain in Tokai region (Central Japan), rainfall up to 300 mm; Kinki region (West Japan) suffered from rainfall of 200 mm; while the Kanto-Koshin region is 150 mm. Not only causing rain, Neoguri also causes waves 5 meters high in areas such as Shikoku, Kinki and Tokai.
2. Situation of Typhoon Bualoi (atmospheric pressure is 955 hPa) : According to information from the US Storm Warning Center (JTWC), after moving through the Mariana Islands, Typhoon Bualoi is likely to become a super typhoon. It is predicted that Bualoi will not only cause strong winds, but also its circulation will cause very heavy rain when landing in Japan this week.

GPM satellites provide images of the intense humidity of Typhoon Bualoi on October 22.(Source: NASA / JAXA / NRL).

Disaster 2019 Japan: A grim lesson from Hagibis

Faced with the flood warnings forecast to occur by the storms of Neoguri and Bualoi, the Japan Times analyzed the lessons that must be seen from the Typhoon Hagibis on October 12:

Torrential rains, murky rivers, and flooded houses: The devastation of Hurricane Hagibis is a grim reminder that extreme weather may be the new standard in a vulnerable country. this ear.

Just last month, Hurricane Faxai hit the Kanto area, blowing up roofs and causing major power outages in Chiba Prefecture when the massive damage from Hagibis continued to become a double disaster for people. People have not been able to overcome all the consequences of Faxai.

On October 22, the Japanese government confirmed that the record rainfall that Hagibis caused caused dikes in rivers across Japan to collapse, causing floods to flood into densely populated areas.

Hurricane Hagibis left at least 80 people dead and nine missing, according to NHK . Nearly 68,600 houses were flooded, with about 5,800 houses destroyed or seriously damaged. Nearly 4,000 people remain in evacuation centers.

Consequences from Typhoon Hagibis.(Photo: AP).

Professor Kazuhisa Tsuboki of the Earth Space Environment Research Institute at Nagoya University said that in the context of global warming, strong storms and pouring rain will occur more often.

Warming oceans increase the humidity in the air, which is like a huge energy source that raises "storms. The scary thing is that these powerful storms are concentrated in East and Southeast Asia.

The risk of tropical storms for countries like Japan is certainly escalating, Professor Kazuhisa Tsuboki said. The arrival of Faxai and Hagibis, Japan's 15th and 19th typhoons during the 2019 typhoon season, became one of the strongest storms in the Kanto and Tokai regions since the Meteorological Agency began keeping records. in 1951.

Facing the storms of Neoguri and Bualoi, the Japanese expert said: It is necessary to accurately forecast not only the intensity of the storm but also the humidity of the storm. Because they are the cause of the downpours of the area on which it landed.

Look no further, Typhoon Hagibis revealed weaknesses in Japan's national transport infrastructure. A third of the trains used for the Hokuriku Shinkansen were damaged when the Chikuma River flooded their warehouse in Nagano. Although damage has not been determined, the cost of replacement is estimated at between 30 billion and 40 billion yen.

It can be said that natural disasters, storms and floods are still a painful problem for many countries in the world today.