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Typhoon Ampil was a powerful tropical cyclone that threatened Japan's Tokyo Metropolitan Area since Faxai in 2019 and brought torrential gusty winds to Alaska in early August 2024. The seventh named storm and third typhoon of the annual typhoon season .
Hundreds of thousands of people are being advised to evacuate in parts of Japan, with some homes losing power on Friday, as Typhoon Ampil approaches the east coast near the capital.. The storm ...
Typhoon Ampil was forecast to reach the waters near Tokyo in the evening then continue north, bringing stormy conditions to the northern Kanto and Tohoku regions early Saturday.
Typhoon Ampil, categorised as "very strong" by the Japan Meteorological Agency (JMA), was situated off the Pacific coast of Japan's main island at 8:50 a.m. (2350 GMT Thursday).
JMA upgraded Ampil into a typhoon two days later, and the JTWC classified it as a Category 2-equivalent typhoon. The next day, it strengthened into a Category 4-equivalent typhoon. The typhoon passed just south of Greater Tokyo Area before weakening and transitioning to an extratropical cyclone.
Shortly after, Typhoon Ampil and Tropical Storms Son-Tinh and Wukong formed; Ampil became a very strong typhoon, brushing the city of Tokyo and eastern Japan. Tropical Storm Jongdari was also named, as well as Shanshan, which made landfall near Tokyo. On August 30, a tropical disturbance formed near Palau. On the same day, JMA started to issue ...
Typhoon Ampil was moving away from Japan’s eastern coast at 20 kph (12 mph), with sustained winds of 162 kph (101 mph), the Japan Meteorological Agency said. Ampil did not make landfall and ...
12:00 UTC at ― Typhoon Ampil weakens to a severe tropical storm as it pulls further away from [ 88 ] 21:00 UTC at 43°36′N 161°30′E / 43.6°N 161.5°E / 43.6; 161.5 ( Ampil starts its extratropical transition ) ― The JMA last notes Severe Tropical Storm Ampil as a tropical system as it starts its extratropical transition