Typhoon Nabi

The typhoon Nabi ( NABIナービーJapanese, the Korean word for butterfly ) was the 14th typhoon of the year in 2005 and followed shortly after the typhoon Talim. He met on 6 September 2005 on the Japanese island of Kyushu and Hokkaido on September 8.

On the five-step Saffir -Simpson Hurricane Scale, he was first on the sea as typhoon category 5 and later, when he approached the land, classified as a storm of stage 4. Therefore, it is also termed as " super typhoon ".

Storm History

On 29 August 2005 was near the Mariana Island Saipan a tropical cyclone, which rose to 30 August to a typhoon. He passed Guam and Saipan on 31 August, while on Saipan were measured wind speeds of 120 km / h and on Guam, a precipitate of about 57 mm.

After the storm had passed to the Marianas, he was rated as level 5 on the Saffir -Simpson Hurricane Scale on September 1. Upon reaching the Philippines on September 3, he first received the name Jolina.

On September 6, Nabi met with wind speeds of 185 km / h on the Japanese island of Kyushu. On September 7, he subsided on the sea and was downgraded to a tropical storm. Effects, however, were felt to Korea.

On 8 September, the storm reached with wind speeds of 90 km / h, the Japanese island of Hokkaido and subsided after crossing the island to an area of ​​low pressure off.

Damage

South Korea

In South Korea, there were four missing.

Japan

In Japan Nabi caused 21 deaths, 140 people were injured (of which around 30 heavy), seven people are missing. The first fatality was a 72 - year-old man who drowned in Tokyo when he tried to save his trapped vehicle.

115,000 people had been previously evacuated from the affected area, 40,000 people sought protection in shelters. Approximately 270,000 households were temporarily without electricity, of which the Japanese capital, Tokyo was affected. 700 flights, train and ferry services were canceled. Several factories were closed. Japanese Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi said from his campaign appearances, to look at crisis management.

On Hokkaido 700 schools were closed, and in about 1,700 households of the power went out.

Nabi destroyed 1,000 houses and flooded 11,400 more.

• Tropical Cyclone
• Natural Disaster 2005