Typhoon Dujuan

Typhoon Dujuan:

Typhoon Dujuan battered Tokyo and eastern Japan with torrential rainfall and damaging winds, dumping a record-breaking 832 mm of rain on Izu Oshima island within 48 hours and triggering all-time high rainfall in Tokyo’s Edogawa ward.A powerful tropical cyclone that formed over the Northwestern Pacific Ocean—designated as Japan’s 25th named storm of the season—characterized by maximum sustained winds of 130 km/h and peak gusts reaching 194 km/h. The name Dujuan was contributed by China and refers to the azalea flower.Originated over the warm waters of the Northwestern Pacific and tracked northwest towards eastern Honshu, affecting Tokyo and the Boso Peninsula.