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Typhoon Songda
Typhoon  (JMA)
Category 4 typhoon (SSHS)
Typhoon Songda east of China and west of Okinawa on September 6, 2004

Typhoon Songda east of China and west of Okinawa on September 6, 2004
Formed August 28, 2004
Dissipated September 8, 2004
Highest
winds
95 knots (175 km/h, 110 mph) (10-minute sustained)
Lowest pressure 925 hPa
Damage ¥267.3 billion (US$2.43 billion)[1]
Fatalities At least 24
Areas
affected
Northern Mariana Islands, Taiwan, Japan, South Korea, Russia
Part of the
2004 Pacific typhoon season


Typhoon Songda (international designation: 0418, JTWC designation: 22W, PAGASA name: Typhoon Nina, also formerly Super Typhoon Songda until post-operational downgrade) was a strong typhoon that formed in late August 2004 and lasted into September. It killed at least 24 people, damaged Itsukushima Shrine in Hiroshima Prefecture, and caused an oil spill off the Kamchatka Peninsula.

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[edit] Storm history

[edit] Preparations

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[edit] Impact

[edit] Northern Mariana Islands

[edit] Japan

[edit] South Korea

[edit] Russia

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[edit] References and notes

  1. ^ http://www.sonpo.or.jp/english/topics/typhoon18_20041001e.html Values are the 2004 valuations of JPY and USD respectively

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