Japan has issued evacuation orders for nearly a million people in the path of Typhoon Shanshan, as it braces for what ...

One lesson from the damage caused by the destructive typhoon that hit Japan in October last year is the need to improve hazard maps that visualize projected data for natural hazards. Hazard maps ...

Typhoon No. 7 continued to move northward toward Japan on Aug. 14 ... You can find the latest forecast map at the JMA website.

More than 110,000 people are taking part in search and rescue operations after Typhoon Hagibis struck Japan on Saturday. The typhoon - the worst storm to hit the country in decades - has left at ...

Typhoon Jelwat made landfall in Okinawa, Japan over the weekend causing plenty of damage in its wake, and these two videos below show just how powerful a weakening tropical storm can be.

Late on Tuesday, three people from the same family - a couple in their 70s and a man in his 30s - were killed by a landslide in central Japan ahead of the typhoon's arrival. Their home in Gamagori ...

It is important to understand and prepare for the risks of storm surges well in advance of a typhoon. Local governments in Japan prepare hazard maps that identify flood risk areas and list ...

Every summer, several typhoons approach Japan and make landfall ... you should be on the alert for a week or so after the typhoon appears on the weather map.