Typhoon Marie (1954)

{{short description|Pacific typhoon in 1954}}

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| name = Typhoon Marie
{{small|Tōya Maru Typhoon}}

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| formed = September 19, 1954

| dissipated = September 28, 1954

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| winds =

| pressure = 956

| category = typhoon

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| winds = 75

| pressure =

| basin = WPac

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| year = 1954

| fatalities = 1,361

| missing = 400

| damage =

| areas = Japan

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| season = 1954 Pacific typhoon season

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Typhoon Marie, as known as the Tōya Maru Typhoon (洞爺丸台風) in Japan,{{Cite web|last=|first=|date=|title=洞爺丸台風 昭和29年（1954年） ９月24日～９月27日|url=https://www.data.jma.go.jp/obd/stats/data/bosai/report/1954/19540924/19540924.html|archive-url=|archive-date=|access-date=August 7, 2020|website=www.data.jma.go.jp|language=ja}} was a typhoon that hit Japan in September 1954. Marie did a great deal of damage to Hokkaido, and the Tōya Maru (洞爺丸) train ferry sank due to the high waves and windstorm caused by Marie.{{Cite web|last=第２版,日本大百科全書(ニッポニカ)|first=百科事典マイペディア,デジタル大辞泉プラス,世界大百科事典|date=|title=洞爺丸台風(とうやまるたいふう)とは|url=https://kotobank.jp/word/%E6%B4%9E%E7%88%BA%E4%B8%B8%E5%8F%B0%E9%A2%A8-855386|archive-url=|archive-date=|access-date=August 7, 2020|website=コトバンク|language=ja}} Because of it, JMA in Japan named the storm Tōya Maru Typhoon.