Typhoon Pabuk (2001)

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On August 13, the Japan Meteorological Agency started to track a tropical depression that was embedded to the monsoon to the north-northwest of Saipan. Due to its rapid development, the Joint Typhoon Warning Center issued a Tropical Cyclone Formation Alert. The JTWC began issuing advisories; thereafter, giving the designation of 14W. All agencies upgraded 14W to a tropical storm the next day, after satellite imagery depicted a well-defined Low-level Circulation Center along with gale-force winds to the south of it. The JMA gave the storm the name Pabuk. Moving northwestward, Pabuk gradually intensified, and the JTWC upgraded the system to a typhoon on August 15; the JMA did the same 24 hours later. By August 17, Pabuk briefly reached its initial peak strength as a low-end Category 2 typhoon as it moved west-northwest{{Cite web |title=Pre-Landfall 1 |url=https://alert.air-worldwide.com/tropical-cyclone/2001/tropical-storm-pabuk/pre-landfall-1/ |access-date=2023-01-21 |website=ALERT}} before slowly weakening. During the next day, Pabuk began to re-intensify as a banding eye feature began to develop. Satellite animated imagery showed an eyewall forming with deep convection. By 06:00 UTC of August 19, Pabuk reached its second peak intensity with 1-minute sustained winds of {{convert|165|km/h|mph|round=5|abbr=on}}. The typhoon grew in size, and its eye became irregular, hinting on a weakening trend{{Cite web |first=Alastair |last=Thompson |date=20 August 2001 |title=Weather: Destination Tokyo For Typhoon Pabuk |url=https://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/HL0108/S00117/weather-destination-tokyo-for-typhoon-pabuk.htm?from-mobile=bottom-link-01 |access-date=2023-01-21 |website=Scoop News}} while moving north northeastward. Pabuk weakened to tropical storm intensity when it hit the southern coast of Japan, south of Osaka, on 12:00 UTC of August 21.{{Cite web |title=Landfall |url=https://alert.air-worldwide.com/tropical-cyclone/2001/tropical-storm-pabuk/landfall/ |access-date=2023-01-21 |website=ALERT}} On August 22, both the JMA and the JTWC issued its final advisory after it became extratropical.{{cite web |author=Padgett, Gary |date=August 2001 |title=Monthly Global Tropical Cyclone Summary August 2001 |url=http://australiasevereweather.com/cyclones/2002/summ0108.htm |department=Summaries and Track Data |website=Australian Severe Weather }}

Pabuk brought heavy rainfall in the southern part of Honshu, which flooded many homes and disrupting sea and air travel. As the typhoon was approaching, the JMA warned on heavy winds and strong gusts along the southwestern and western coastline of Japan. Heavy rainfall was forecast throughout most of the nation to as far south as Okinawa, with the Kii Peninsula being forecast to have rainfall of about {{convert|300|mm|in|abbr=on}}.{{cite web |date=August 20, 2001 |title=Typhoon Pabuk targets west Japan |url=https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2001/08/20/national/typhoon-pabuk-targets-west-japan/ |publisher=The Japan Times}} Around 70 homes were flooded in the island of Amami Ōshima alone. Moreover, the launch of the next-generation rocket H-IIA was also halted due to stormy conditions.{{cite web |date=August 21, 2001 |title=Typhoon Pabuk Heading for Japan |url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2001-aug-21-mn-36500-story.html |work=Los Angeles Times}} Throughout Japan, the storm resulted in eight fatalities and 141 injured people. 917 hectares of fields were damaged. Multiple types of transportation were cancelled.{{Cite web |title=CNN.com - Typhoon Pabuk thunders toward Japan - August 21, 2001 |url=https://www.cnn.com/2001/WORLD/asiapcf/east/08/20/weather.japan.storm/?adlt=strict&toWww=1&redig=E871A516F35448F1B0DFAD5EF0DB51A5 |access-date=2023-01-21 |website=www.cnn.com}}{{Cite web |last=Archives |first=L. A. Times |date=2001-08-22 |title=Lumbering Typhoon Kills Four in Japan |url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2001-aug-22-mn-36856-story.html |access-date=2023-01-21 |website=Los Angeles Times |language=en-US}}{{Cite web |title=Japan Recovering from Pabuk |url=http://www.cnn.com/TRANSCRIPTS/0108/22/i_at.02.html |access-date=2023-01-21 |website=www.cnn.com}} Total damages from the typhoon amounted to ¥51.2 billion (US${{To USD round|51200|JPN|year=2001}} million).{{cite press release |script-title=ja:台風１１号の概要と水防活動状況 |url=https://www.mlit.go.jp/river/press_blog/past_press/press/200107_12/011119/011119ref2.html |publisher=Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism |date=November 19, 2001 |language=Japanese}}

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• Other tropical cyclones named Pabuk
• Typhoon Lorna (1954) – a strong Category 3 typhoon that severely impacted some areas of Honshu Island, especially Yokohama and Tokyo while also causing damages across the Northern Mariana Islands.
• Tropical Storm Louise (1967) – took a comparable trajectory.
• Typhoon Melor (2009) – took a nearly identical track.
• Typhoon Phanfone (2014) – a powerful tropical cyclone which affected Japan in early October 2014.
• Typhoon Vongfong (2014) – the most intense tropical cyclone worldwide in 2014 and struck Japan as a large tropical system.

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• [http://agora.ex.nii.ac.jp/digital-typhoon/summary/wnp/s/200111.html.en Digital Typhoon: Typhoon 200111 (PABUK) - General Information (Pressure and Track Charts) (nii.ac.jp)]
• [http://agora.ex.nii.ac.jp/digital-typhoon/summary/wnp/l/200111.html.en?adlt=strict&toWww=1&redig=08546305D0C3419493DE2CDEB92EC334 Digital Typhoon: Typhoon 200111 (PABUK) - Detailed Track Information (nii.ac.jp)]

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