Typhoon Shanshan Set to Make Landfall in Japan

Published on August 28, 2024

Nearly one million people have been evacuated as Typhoon Shanshan is set to make landfall in Japan in the early morning of Aug. 29, local time. Radar imagery as of 4 p.m. EST on Aug. 28 showed the storm’s center about to make landfall on the island of Kyushu, just south of Nagasaki. The typhoon is inching forward at approximately 8 mph. “This is a dangerous system,” the Joint Typhoon Warning Center (JTWC) stated. “Possible risks include damaging winds, heavy rainfall, storm surge, rough seas, mudslides, and flash flooding.” Boasting maximum sustained wind speeds of 100 mph, its strength was equal to a Category 2 Hurricane on the Saffir-Simpson scale. This is a slight decrease from 112 mph recorded earlier, which would have made it equal to a Category 3 hurricane....

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