Emergency warnings for torrential rain, strong winds ... significant hazard facing Japan is flooding from heavy rainfall. While building codes mandate resilience to typhoon winds, the nation ...

Just a few weeks ago, Japan had a scare when a megaquake warning was put in place following huge tremors being recorded. That ...

Typhoon No. 2 brought torrential downpours that battered the Pacific side of the country on June 2 and prompted heavy rain warnings for wide areas from western to eastern Japan through June 3.

The typhoon’s journey northward is expected to trigger heavy downpours across extensive areas as the autumnal rain front remaining in the south of Japan becomes more active with increased vapor ...

Large portions of the Kanto and Tokai regions experienced record-breaking heavy rain, causing flooding and inundation. Typhoon Shanshan developed slowly after it made landfall in western Japan.

Japanese officials are urging people ... of rivers flooding increases when prolonged heavy rain coincides with the approach of a typhoon. Omatsu Satoshi of the land ministry noted that water ...

TOKYO (AFP): An approaching typhoon battered communities along Japan's Pacific coast Monday (Aug 14) with heavy rain and crashing waves, prompting authorities to warn about landslides and flooding.

Meanwhile, parts of China and Japan saw increased irradiance ... typhoons bring heavy rain and cloud, leading to lowered irradiance. Typhoon Gaemi was no exception, impacting irradiance levels ...

Koinu, which means "puppy" in Japanese ... were also working normally. The typhoon entered the Taiwan Strait late on Thursday morning and heavy rain was forecast to last into Friday, mostly ...