Typhoon Ida (1966)

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A disturbance was seen to the east of the Mariana Islands on September 21 by the TIROS imagery. A reconnaissance aircraft was then deployed to investigate the area;{{cite report|work=Joint Typhoon Warning Center|publisher=United States Navy|year=1967|access-date=March 5, 2015|title=Annual Tropical Cyclone Report|chapter=Chapter V: Individual Tropical Cyclones in 1966: Typhoon Ida|chapter-url=http://www.usno.navy.mil/NOOC/nmfc-ph/RSS/jtwc/atcr/1966atcr.pdf|pages=186–191}} the next day the system was upgraded to a tropical depression, which was then located {{convert|1200|mi|km|abbr=on|disp=flip}} southwest of Tokyo, Japan. The depression then intensified into a tropical storm and was given the name Ida by the Joint Typhoon Warning Center. As it moved northwestward, a rapid intensification phase occurred, and by September 23, Ida reached typhoon intensity as a {{convert|30|to|35|mi|km|abbr=on|disp=flip|round=5}} elliptical eye was reported by reconnaissance aircraft. Ida then moved northward on September 24, and its winds peaked at {{convert|185|km/h|mph|abbr=on|round=5}}, making it a Category 3–equivalent typhoon on the Saffir–Simpson scale.{{cite web|work=Joint Typhoon Warning Center|publisher=United States Navy|year=1967|access-date=March 5, 2015|title=Typhoon 23 (Ida) Best Track|url=http://www.usno.navy.mil/NOOC/nmfc-ph/RSS/jtwc/best_tracks/1966/1966s-bwp/bwp231966.txt|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120916181752/http://www.usno.navy.mil/NOOC/nmfc-ph/RSS/jtwc/best_tracks/1966/1966s-bwp/bwp231966.txt|url-status=dead|archive-date=September 16, 2012|format=.TXT}} The Japan Meteorological Agency estimated Ida's lowest pressure at 960 mb (hPa; 28.35 inHg); however, the aircraft that investigated the storm a pressure of 961 mbar (hPa; {{convert|961|mbar|inHg|abbr=on|sigfig=4|disp=out}}), one millibar higher than JMA's.{{cite web|work=Japan Meteorological Agency|publisher=National Institute of Informatics|date=June 1, 1989|access-date=March 5, 2015|title=Typhoon 196626 (Ida) – Detailed Track Information|url=http://agora.ex.nii.ac.jp/digital-typhoon/summary/wnp/l/196626.html.en}} Typhoon Ida then made landfall near Omaezaki, Shizuoka at 15:00 UTC at peak intensity. Maximum wind gusts at the top of Mount Fuji reached {{convert|324|km/h|mph|abbr=on}} during the storm's passage, a proof of the typhoon's power. Ida then weakened over land as its structure deteriorated, and less than 12 hours after striking Japan, it exited into the Pacific Ocean near Tohoku as a {{convert|95|km/h|mph|abbr=on|round=5}} tropical storm. It then transitioned into an extratropical cyclone, and ultimately dissipated several hundred kilometers east of Japan on September 26.

Following Tropical Storm Helen in quick succession, Ida wrought tremendous damage across eastern Japan and was regarded as the worst to strike the nation since Typhoon Vera in 1959. The greatest loss of life occurred along the slopes of Mt. Fuji where two villages were virtually wiped out by massive mudslides. Nearly 700 landslides struck the region and were blamed for the majority of damage and loss of life.{{cite news|newspaper=Chicago Tribune|date=September 26, 1966|access-date=March 5, 2015|title=Toll Mounts In Typhoons; 197 Killed|location=Tokyo, Japan|page=1|url=http://archives.chicagotribune.com/1966/09/26/page/1/article/toll-mounts-in-typhoons-197-killed}} A total of 275 people perished, 43 were listed as missing, and a further 976 sustained injury. Disastrous landslides and strong winds destroyed more than 73,000 homes and damaged 56,000 more.{{cite web|publisher= 国立情報学研究所|year=2011|access-date=March 5, 2015|title=台風196626号 (Ida) – 災害情報|language=ja|url=http://agora.ex.nii.ac.jp/cgi-bin/dt/dsummary.pl?id=196626&basin=wnp}} Damage in the country exceeded $300 million, with crop losses being particularly heavy. The high winds also caused havoc among seagoing vessels, with 107 ships sinking. The 7,702 ton cargo liner, City of Wellington was grounded near Yokohama. A 10,208 ton freighter, Ever Sureness, was stranded at the mouth of the Tsurumi River. Additionally, the 24,829 ton Liberian tanker, Golar Jeanne-Marie, ran ashore near Shimizu.{{cite journal|journal=Mariners Weather Log|date=November 1966|title=Marine Weather Review: Rough Log, North Pacific Weather, July–September 1966|page=226|volume=10|issue=6|location=Washington, D.C.|editor=Patrick E. Hughes}}

• Other storms of the same name
• Typhoon Ida (1945) – a deadly typhoon which also bore the same name and struck Japan.
• Typhoon Ida (1958) – another deadly typhoon named Ida, which became one of the most intense tropical cyclones ever recorded; also struck Japan.

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