Typhoon "Judy" - a strong tropical cyclone that hit the territory of Japan, South Korea and the Far East of the USSR in July 1989, and caused the death of 46 people and significant material damage.
| "Judy" | |
|---|---|
| Typhoon ( JMA ) | |
| Category 2 Typhoon ( SSHS ) | |
 Typhoon off the coast of Japan - July 27 | |
| Formed | July 21, 1989 |
| Broke up | July 29, 1989 |
| Maximum wind | 155 km / h (100 mph) (10 minutes constantly) 175 km / h (110 mph) (1 minute constantly) |
| Lower pressure | ≤940 hPa ( mbar ) |
| Dead | 46 people (including 11 in Japan, 20 in South Korea and 15 in the USSR) |
| Damage | $ 31 million (1989 USD ) |
| Distribution area | |
| Japan, Korea and the USSR | |
Development and Impact
Arose from a tropical depression in the Northern Mariana Islands region of the Pacific Ocean on July 21. With the progress to the west-north-west, he gained the strength of a tropical storm, on July 23, received the name "Judy". In the evening of July 25, reached its maximum strength with a wind speed of 165 km / h. July 27 reached the shores of the Japanese island of Kyushu . July 28, attacked South Korea, and later on the territory of the USSR. July 29, weakened to a tropical depression, subsiding over the waters of the Sea of Japan.
Torrential rains in Japan caused significant floods and landslides, caused the death of 11 people, destroyed 76 and damaged more than 10 thousand houses [1] , about four million people were left without electricity, train traffic was disrupted. The wind speed in Kagoshima reached 180 km / h. The total damage to the island of Kyushu amounted to 3.8 million dollars [2] .
In South Korea, during the passage of the typhoon in the lowlands, the population was evacuated. The wind speed on the coast reached 125 km / h. The typhoon caused flooding, leaving thousands of people without electricity. In Busan, people died as a result of a storm, landslides and the collapse of structures and floods [3] . In total, according to media reports , up to 24 people died in South Korea [4] .
In the USSR, a typhoon hit the Primorsky Territory. Torrential rains caused flooding, the death of at least 15 people, interrupted the railway connection along the Trans-Siberian Railway [5] [6] . Wind speed reached 166 km / h. 120 thousand hectares of land were flooded, including 109 settlements, about two thousand houses were damaged, 2678 bridges and 1340 km of roads were blurred, 70 km of power lines, 600 km of telephone networks were damaged [7] , 75 thousand cattle were drowned [8] .
Along with Melissa (1994), it belongs to the most powerful typhoons in the history of Primorsky Krai in terms of rainfall [9] .
Notes
- ↑ Typhoon 198911 (JUDY) . // agora.ex.nii.ac.jp. Date of treatment August 28, 2013. Archived on September 15, 2013.
- ↑ Typhoon Judy Hits Korean Peninsula. - Seoul: Associated Press, 1989.
- ↑ Typhoon kills 15 people in S. Korea. - Seoul: St. Petersburg Times, 1989 .-- S. 23A.
- ↑ Tropical storm lashes South Korea's southern coast. - Pyongyang: Xinhua News Service, 1989.
- ↑ Soviet Floods Kill at Least 15 and Cut Railway . - Moscow: United Press International, 1989.
- ↑ At least 15 die in Soviet Far East floods. - BBC, 1989.
- ↑ Kurushin M. et al. The Great Book of Disasters. - Moscow: OLMA Media Group, 2006. - P. 156. - ISBN 5-373-00693-9 .
- ↑ Losses from flooding in Maritime Kray. - BBC, 1989.
- ↑ Seven years Primorsky Krai lives without typhoons . // primpogoda.ru. Date of treatment August 29, 2013. Archived on September 15, 2013.