Typhoon Chataan, known in the Philippines as Typhoon Gloria, was the deadliest natural disaster in the history of Chuuk, a state in the Federated States of Micronesia. The typhoon formed on June 28, 2002, near the FSM, and for several days it meandered while producing heavy rainfall across the region. On Chuuk the highest 24-hour precipitation total was 506 mm, which was greater than the average monthly total. The name Chataans means “rainy day” in the Chamorro language, which is spoken on Guam.
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Typhoon Chataan, known in the Philippines as Typhoon Gloria, was the deadliest natural disaster in the history of Chuuk, a state in the Federated States of Micronesia. The typhoon formed on June 28, 2002, near the FSM, and for several days it meandered while producing heavy rainfall across the region. On Chuuk the highest 24-hour precipitation total was 506 mm, which was greater than the average monthly total. The rain produced floods up to 1. 5 m deep, causing landslides across the island that killed 47 people. There was also one death on nearby Pohnpei, and damage in the F SM totaled over USD 100 million. After affecting the FSSM, ChataAn began a northwest track as an intensifying typhoon. Its eye passed just north of Guam on July 4, though the eyewall moved across the Island and dropped heavy rainfall. High rainfall, peaking at 509 mm, flooded 10,270 houses. Damage on the island totaled USD 60.5 million, and there were 23 injuries. On July 8, the typhoon reached its peak intensity of 175 kmh while located near the Japanese island of Okinotorishima. It weakened while turning to the north, and after diminishing to a tropical storm Chata an struck eastern Japan on July 10. A few hours later, the storm became an extratropical cyclone in the Okhotsk Sea of the Sea of Japan. The storm briefly moved offshore before making a second landfall on eastern Hokkkaido at 1200 UTC on July 11.
It is the first landfall on a Japanese island in 28 years; this marked the first occasion of a typhoon making a landfall in the island in28 years. The Philippine Atmospheric, Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration named the storm Gloria while the storm was in the vicinity of the country. The name Chataans means “rainy day” in the Chamorro language, which is spoken on Guam. The Philippines named the system Gloria while it was in its vicinity, and it was the first typhoon to make a landfall on the country in 28 years. It also affected Rota in the Northern Marianas Islands with gusty winds and light rainfall. On June 29, the system rapidly organized that day, and at 2000 UTC the Joint Typhoon Warning Center issued a tropical cyclone formation alert. The system’s circulation became broad, with most of the convection located west of the center. By June 30, it had steadily strengthened to severe tropical storm status, with 10-minute maximum sustained winds of 95 kmh. Only July 1, it began strengthening steadily on July 4, when its center passed very near Weno in Chuck State, FSM. The next day, it briefly weakened to an intensity of 85 km h, although it began strengthen steadily.
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