Japan has been hit by one of its strongest typhoons in decades. Typhoon Shanshan made landfall at 08:00 local time on Wednesday (23:00 GMT) on Kyushu, the southernmost of Japan's major islands.

People in northern Japan are being urged to brace for very stormy weather conditions as Typhoon No. 5 looks set to make landfall on on Aug. 12. The typhoon is currently moving northward over the ...

Japan’s brush with Typhoon Haishen this month serves as a ... the second-lowest pressure in South Korean weather data history, and just a nudge higher than the 951.5hPa brought by Typhoon ...

The typhoon, which followed closely on the heels ... early Wednesday and continue north along the sea, according to Japan's weather agency.

CNN weather anchor Mari Ramos said Friday the ... An average of two to three typhoons hit Japan's main islands each year, but a record 10 made landfall in 2004.

Four named storms are swirling through the North Pacific, including one that’s aimed directly at Japan, which is expected to suffer serious impacts. Three of the others — Hone, Gilma and ...

But in Japan, the term TYPHOON is used to refer ... you should be on the alert for a week or so after the typhoon appears on the weather map.

Forming over the western North Pacific, in East Asian countries like Japan and Korea? That’s a “typhoon.” Both hurricanes and typhoons are tropical cyclones—and “cyclone” is what they ...

Typhoon Sinlaku was moving slowly toward the northern shores of Taiwan on Saturday, promising to dump heavy rain on on the region as it crawls north. At 11 a.m. Saturday (0300 GMT), Sinlaku was 345 ...

Tropical cyclones that form in the Caribbean or North American region are known as hurricanes. Those that form in the Far East, close to places like China and Japan are known as typhoons and those ...

If they form over the Atlantic Ocean or the Eastern Pacific Ocean, they are called hurricanes. If they occur in the Far East, near places such as Japan, they are known as typhoons and if they ...