Damages Caused by Historical Strong Typhoons in Japan

The data below shows damages caused by historical typhoons in Japan.

In 1959 typhoon Isewan hit the populated area around Nagoya. 5000 people died by typhoon Isewan. It was the worst case. After that, Japan prepared countermeasures against typhoon attacks, and damages by typhoons are decreasing. But even in the 21st century, almost 100 people were killed by typhoon Talas in 2011.

Table: Damages caused by historical typhoons in Japan

Typhoon Name or No.	Human suffering			Farm land loss	Ships loss	Landfall date/Closest date
	Death	Missing	Injured	(ha)	(number)	yyyy/mm/dd
Muroto	2,702	334	14,994	Unknown	27,594	1934/9/21
Makurazaki	2,473	1,283	2,452	128,403	Unknown	1945/9/17
Kathleen	1,077	853	1,547	12,927	Unknown	1947/9/15
Toyamaru (Marie)	1,361	400	1,601	82,963	5,581	1954/9/26
Kanogawa (Ida)	888	381	1,138	89,236	260	1958/9/26
Isewan (Vera)	4,697	401	38,921	210,859	7,576	1959/9/26
9019 (Flo)	40		131	41,954	413	1990/9/19
9119 (Mireille)	62		1,499	362	930	1991/9/27
9313 (Yancy)	48		396	7,905	Unknown	1993/9/3
0416 (Songda)	43	3	1,399	104	1,592	2004/9/7
0423 (Tokage)	95	3	721	12,329	494	2004/10/20
1112 (Talas)	82	16	113	Unknown	Unknown	2011/9/3

Name or No.	House damage					Landfall date/Closest date
	Fully-destroyed	Half-destroyed	Partially-destroyed	Inundation above floor level	Inundation up to floor level	yyyy/mm/dd
Muroto	92,740			401,157		1934/9/21
Makurazaki	89,839			273,888		1945/9/17
Kathleen	9,298			384,743		1947/9/15
Toyamaru	8,396	21,771	177,375	17,569	85,964	1954/9/26
Kanogawa	2,118	2,175	12,450	132,227	389,488	1958/9/26
Isewan	40,838	113,052	680,075	157,858	205,753	1959/9/26
9019	16,541			18,183		1990/9/19
9119	170,447			22,965		1991/9/27
9313	336	1,448	Unknown	3,770	Unknown	1993/9/3
0416	144	1,506	63,343	1,328	19,758	2004/9/7
0423	907	7,929	12,514	13,341	41,006	2004/10/20
1112	379	3,159	470	5,500	16,594	2011/9/3

Bold means the largest number.

Source is Japan Meteorological Agency

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