11 Facts About Typhoon Hagibis

Typhoon Hagibis, known in Japan as Typhoon No 19 or Reiwa 1 East Japan Typhoon, was an extremely violent and large tropical cyclone that caused widespread destruction in Japan.

Typhoon Hagibis developed from a tropical disturbance located a couple hundred miles north of the Marshall Islands on 2 October 2019.

The Joint Typhoon Hagibis Warning Center issued a red tropical cyclone formation alert - noting that the disturbance could undergo rapid intensification upon being identified as a tropical depression.

Sea surface temperatures and wind shear became extremely favourable for tropical cyclogenesis and Hagibis started extremely rapid intensification on 6 October, and became a Category 5 super typhoon in under 12 hours - the second of the 2019 Pacific typhoon season.

Edging closer to the uninhabited areas of the Mariana Islands, Typhoon Hagibis displayed excellent convection as well as a well-defined circulation.

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The inner eyewall was robbed of its needed moisture and Typhoon Hagibis began to weaken, but the storm developed a large, cloud-filled eye, which then became clear, and Typhoon Hagibis restrengthened to reach its second peak.

Wind shear was now at 60 knots, and Typhoon Hagibis' structure became torn apart as it sped at 34 knots north-northeast toward more hostile conditions.

Mild strengthening was forecast shortly after Hagibis downgraded to a Category 3 typhoon, but this prediction failed to materialize, as the storm neared land and its outer rainbands began to erode.

Typhoon Hagibis had effects on several major sporting events occurring in Japan.

Three matches of the 2019 Rugby World Cup were cancelled due to Typhoon Hagibis, including the Pool B matches between New Zealand and Italy, and Canada and Namibia, and the Pool C match between England and France.

Typhoon Hagibis led to the cancellation of several sporting events, such as three Rugby World Cup 2019 matches; involving Namibia versus Canada, New Zealand versus Italy, and England versus France, and the third practice and qualifying for the Japanese Grand Prix.