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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 .
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.
00:00 UTC at ― Typhoon Ampil further reaches Category 4 status with 1-minute sustained winds of 115 knots (213 km/h; 132 mph) as it makes it closest approach [ 78 ] 06:00 UTC at 34°06′N 141°06′E / 34.1°N 141.1°E / 34.1; 141.1 ( Ampil weakens to a Category 3 typhoon ) ― Typhoon Ampil weakens to a Category 3 typhoon as ...
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.
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 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 ...
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, 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).