Typhoon Nabi was a powerful typhoon that struck southwestern Japan in September 2005. It was the 14th named storm of the 2005 Pacific typhoon season. Across Japan, Nabi killed 29 people and caused ¥94. 9 billion in damage. It also affected the Kuril Islands of Russia, causing road damage due to high waves. It later became extratropical and dissipated on September 12.
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Typhoon Nabi was a powerful typhoon that struck southwestern Japan in September 2005. It was the 14th named storm of the 2005 Pacific typhoon season. Nabi first affected the Northern Mariana Islands, where it left US$2. 5 million in damage, while damaging or destroying 114 homes. In Kyushu, the storm left ¥4. 08 billion in crop damage after dropping 1,322 mm of rain over three days. Across Japan, Nabi killed 29 people and caused ¥94. 9 billion in damage. It also affected the Kuril Islands of Russia, causing road damage due to high waves. In the Philippines, the agency gave it the local name of ‘Jolina’, although the storm remained away from the country from the time of its passage. It later became extratropical and dissipated on September 12, leaving a trail of destruction in its wake. The typhoon was named in the Philippines as Typhoon Jolina by the Philippine-based PAGASA; it was also known in Japan as ‘Nabi’ by the Japan Meteorological Agency, and in South Korea as ‘Jolina’ for ‘Johannes’ Nabi is the name given to a tropical depression that formed in the Pacific Ocean on August 29. It moved westward and passed about 55 km north-northeast of Saipan on August 31 as an intensifying typhoon. On September 1, the JTWC upgraded the storm to a super typhoon and later estimated peak one-minute winds of 260 kmh ; this is the equivalent of a Category 5 on the Saffir–Simpson Hurricane Scale.
Later that day, the winds leveled off off at 155kmh, according to the JMA. After brushing South Korea, the typhoon turned to the northeast, passing over Hokkaido before becoming extratopical on September 8, before dissipating on September 12. In Japan, there were 61 daily rainfall records broken by Nabi’s precipitation. The rains caused flooding and landslides, forcing people to evacuate their homes and for businesses to close. The damage was enough to warrant a disaster declaration from the U.S. government, and six people died in Busan, South Korea. The storm also caused several traffic accidents in the country, and throughout the country Nabi caused US$115. 4 million in damage. In North Korea, it caused road damage because of high waves, while also causing damage to homes and businesses. It is the only typhoon to have been named after a tropical storm in the last 50 years. It has also been known as ‘Tropical Storm Nabi’ or ‘Tsunami Nabi’, after the storm’s name in the Japanese island of Honshu. It became a severe tropical storm after the convection organized into spiral rainbands. It weakened while curving to the north, passing near Kitadait, Japan.
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