Extreme weather
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Weather tracker: Japanese islands struck by two successive typhoons
Typhoon Nakri sweeps through Izu Islands off Tokyo, a week after Halong, causing damage and disruptionThe Izu …
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Strongest tornado ever recorded in Japan hits Shizuoka prefecture
Devastating twister packs gusts of up to 168mph, injuring 89 people and leaving trail of destructionJapan has …
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Weather tracker: heavy rainfall across India, Japan and Hong Kong causes widespread disruption
Hong Kong hit by 350mm of rain in 24 hours, while mountainous state of Uttarakhand badly affected by landslide…
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Weather tracker: Cold air over warm waters brings heavy snow to Japan
Prefectures in north hit by falls of up to 30cm in a day as similar weather pattern affects parts of north Ame…
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Weather tracker: More rain forecast in Spain as storms push in
Heightened risk Cádiz river could overflow, with yellow and orange rainfall warnings for southern regionsThe l…
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Weather tracker: Extensive flooding in Japan after ‘unprecedented’ rainfall
One dead and several missing as ‘life-threatening situation’ declared in earthquake-hit Ishikawa prefectureHea…
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Japan floods: six dead after rain pounds region still recovering from earthquake
Floods inundated emergency housing built for those who lost their homes in an earthquake that hit Ishikawa on …
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Heavy rain triggers landslides and floods in northern Japan
One person dead and several missing after deluge in Noto, still recovering from 1 January earthquakeHeavy rain…
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Weather tracker: At least three dead as Typhoon Shanshan barrels through Japan
Severe gusts and heavy rain leave dozens injured and more than 250,000 homes without powerTyphoon Shanshan has…
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Japan: landslide buries house while country prepares for powerful typhoon – video report
Firefighters in Japan rescued a survivor from a house badly damaged in a deadly landslide in central Japan. Th…
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Weather tracker: Pacific hosts two hurricanes and a typhoon
Hurricane Gilma spares damage as Hurricane Hone passes close to Hawaii and Typhoon Shanshan approaches JapanTh…
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Praying to the god of sunshine and rain: visitor numbers at Japan’s only Shinto weather shrine surge
At the Kisho Jinja weather shrine in Tokyo, worshippers come to pray for respite from extreme weather events f…
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Japan adds ‘most severe’ category to its heatstroke index amid deadly summer
Hospitals are stretched to their limits during unseasonably early heatwave, as medical authorities liken publi…
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Weather tracker: Fatal floods in Somalia and record heat in Tokyo
Dozens of people dead in east Africa as El Niño and Indian Ocean dipole cause increased rainfall during monsoo…
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GPS tracker sheds light on how birds ride out high-speed storms
One male rose to high altitude during a typhoon and was carried over Japan, looping around five timesStreaked …
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Weather tracker: looking back as summer ends in northern hemisphere
The season was a mixed bag in Britain, but Japan has had its hottest summer on recordEntering September brings…
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Typhoon Lan: mass power cuts hit western Japan as storm makes landfall
Flights cancelled and flood and landslide warnings issued as typhoon approaches area south-west of Tokyo with …
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Weather tracker: Japan braces for flooding and disruption from Typhoon Lan
Potential 90-100mph gusts and heavy rainfall threaten Obon holiday, possibly disrupting travel for millionsJap…
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Typhoon Khanun leaves two dead in Japan and 166,000 homes without power
Heavy rains and high winds lash Okinawa and Kagoshima, as storm slowly moves north-west before forecast change…
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Japan: Typhoon Khanun makes landfall in south-western islands of Okinawa – video
The south-western Japanese islands of Okinawa were hit by Typhoon Khanun on Wednesday, grounding flights and f…