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Hagupit
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Hagibis
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Haiyen
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Mangkhut
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Detailed explanation-1: -Typhoon Vera, also known as the Isewan Typhoon (, Ise-wan Taifū), was an exceptionally intense tropical cyclone that struck Japan in September 1959, becoming the strongest and deadliest typhoon on record to make landfall on the country as a Category 5 equivalent storm.
Detailed explanation-2: -Typhoon Hagibis at peak intensity in Northern Mariana Islands on October 7. Hagibis developed from a tropical disturbance located a couple hundred miles north of the Marshall Islands on 2 October 2019.
Detailed explanation-3: -On Saturday 12 October 2019, Typhoon Hagibis made landfall in Japan’s Izu Peninsula, south-west of Tokyo, shortly before 19:00 JST (10:00 GMT) (BBC News, 2019a). Hagibis, the nineteenth typhoon of the season in Japan, caused widespread flooding and landslides (Japan Times, 2019a).
Detailed explanation-4: -Total economic losses amounted to at least USD816 million, including USD553 million in South Korea and USD263 million in China.