Typhoon Ida (1945)

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Typhoon Ida

Category 1 typhoon (SSHWS)
Formed	September 10, 1945
Dissipated	September 20, 1945
Highest winds	1-minute sustained: 130 km/h (80 mph)
Lowest pressure	917 hPa (mbar); 27.08 inHg
Fatalities	2,473 deaths, 1,283 missing
Areas affected	Japan, China, Russia Far East, Kuril Islands, Guam
Part of the 1945 Pacific typhoon season

Typhoon Ida, known in the Japan as Makurazaki Typhoon (枕崎台風),^[1][2] was a powerful and deadly typhoon which hit Japan in 1945, causing over 2000 deaths.

Overview[]

Map plotting the storm's track and intensity, according to the Saffir–Simpson scale

Map key

Saffir–Simpson scale

  Tropical depression (≤38 mph, ≤62 km/h)
  Tropical storm (39–73 mph, 63–118 km/h)
  Category 1 (74–95 mph, 119–153 km/h)
  Category 2 (96–110 mph, 154–177 km/h)
  Category 3 (111–129 mph, 178–208 km/h)
  Category 4 (130–156 mph, 209–251 km/h)
  Category 5 (≥157 mph, ≥252 km/h)
  Unknown

Storm type

Tropical cyclone

Subtropical cyclone

Extratropical cyclone / Remnant low / Tropical disturbance / Monsoon depression

Ida made landfall near Makurazaki in Kagoshima Prefecture on September 17.^[1] Ida was the strongest typhoon to hit Kyushu on record, with a minimum sea-level pressure of 916.1 hPa (27.05 inHg) and a maximum wind gust of 62.7 metres per second (140 mph), which was recorded at a weather station in Makurazaki.^[3] This reading makes the storm responsible for the second lowest pressure ever recorded in mainland Japan, after the 1934 Muroto typhoon.^[2][1][4]

More than 2,000 people were killed in the Hiroshima Prefecture after heavy rains brought by a weakening Ida caused severe landslides.^[5][1][6] The storm occurred just days after Japan surrendered after the Pacific War, and the damage caused by Ida worsened the situation.^[1][6]

In addition, USS Repose (AH-16) reportedly entered Ida's eye and observed an atmospheric pressure of 25.55 inches of mercury (about 865 hPa).^[7][8][9] This is below the Typhoon Tip (870 hPa) in 1979, the official world record for minimum sea level pressure.

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