First typhoon to strike Ibaraki since 1951 disrupts Japan's Obon travel
Typhoon Chan-hom made landfall in Ibaraki Prefecture near Tokyo on Tuesday evening, the first typhoon to hit the prefecture since Japan's weather agency began recording such data in 1951. The storm's unusual east-to-west track disrupted Japan's busy Obon holiday travel, grounding
Typhoon Chan-hom made landfall in Ibaraki Prefecture, just northeast of Tokyo, around 8 p.m. on Tuesday, August 11. Japan's Meteorological Agency confirmed it as the first typhoon to strike Ibaraki since the agency began keeping landfall records in 1951, arriving on an unusual east-to-west track. The storm disrupted Japan's busy Obon holiday travel season, grounding dozens of ANA and JAL flights and suspending JR East's Joban Line rail service between Ibaraki and Fukushima.