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Typhoon Jebi, known in the Philippines as Typhoon Maymay, was the costliest typhoon in Japan's history in terms of insured losses. Jebi formed from a tropical disturbance south-southwest of Wake Island on August 26 and became the twenty-first named storm of the 2018 Pacific typhoon season on August 27.
September 4, 2018 ― Typhoon Jebi strikes central Japan as a major typhoon in which it would kill 14 people and cause US$14 billion in total damage, becoming the costliest storm in Japanese history at the time. [22] September 30, 2018 ― Typhoon Trami causes 4 deaths and US$2.69 billion in losses as it impacts central Japan.
However, Jebi redeveloped back into a tropical storm after. The storm continued to organize until it further intensified into a Category-1 typhoon by the JTWC, while JMA only reached the intensity of a severe tropical storm. Jebi later transitioned to an extratropical cyclone, causing both agencies to issue their final warning on October 2.
Typhoon Jebi left debris scattered across the streets of Osaka after the storm swept through Japan’s Kansai region on Tuesday, September 4.This footage, uploaded by Steven Le Blanc, a writer for ...
Typhoon Jebi came ashore with sustained winds of 100 miles per hour, cutting a path of destruction in and around Osaka and nearby cities.
The 2018 Pacific typhoon season was at the time, the costliest Pacific typhoon season on record, until the record was beaten by the following year.The season was well above-average, producing twenty-nine storms (including one that crossed over from the Eastern/Central Pacific), thirteen typhoons, seven super typhoons and six Category 5 tropical cyclones.
The name Jebi has been used to name five tropical cyclones in the northwestern Pacific Ocean. On the first two occasions, before the spelling was corrected by the WMO Typhoon Committee, the variant Chebi was used. The name was submitted by South Korea and is a Korean word for the barn swallow (Hirundo rustica).
That super typhoon — defined as having wind speed of above 240 kilometers per hour or 150 miles per hour — killed at least 62 people across Hainan, Guangdong, Guangxi and Yunnan provinces ...