BOSTON, Sept. 20, 2011 – According to catastrophe modeling firm AIR Worldwide, while still reeling from the effects of Typhoon Talas last month, more than a million people were evacuated in central and western Japan in advance of Typhoon Roke’s arrival in Japan. Roke formed on September 10 to become the 15th named storm of the 2011 Northwest Pacific Typhoon Season. The storm is currently being steered around the western boundary of a nearly stationary subtropical ridge. The eye of Roke, which has become less organized over the last few…
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Typhoon Ma-On Nears Japan
BOSTON, July 18, 2011 – According to catastrophe modeling firm AIR Worldwide, with winds gusting to 157 kilometers per hour (98 miles per hour), Category 2 Typhoon Ma-On (local name “Ineng”) has passed Minami Daito Island and is moving at about 19 kph (12 mph) toward the north. Currently about 885 kilometers (550 miles) southwest of Tokyo, Ma-On is expected to stay at its current intensity for the next 24 hours and make landfall on Shikoku Island Tuesday morning local time. Ma-On is a large storm with typhoon force winds…
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