Typhoon Dinah (1952)

Typhoon Dinah was a tropical cyclone that brought heavy damages to Japan, while leaving 65 fatalities and 70 to be missing, all in that country alone.

It gradually organized, becoming a tropical storm on June 21 as it skirted the northeastern Philippines, with the Fleet Weather Center naming it Dinah.

It strengthened further to a minimal typhoon as it moved through the Nansei Islands on June 22, before reaching its peak intensity of 140 km/h (85 mph), as estimated by the Fleet Center.

[1] This time, it moved to the north with its closest approach to the country is estimated at 250 km to the northeast of Santa Ana, Cagayan.

[1][2][3] Shortly after its peak, Dinah started to weaken, being downgraded to a tropical storm by the Fleet Center and CMA on 15:00 and 21:00 UTC of the same day, respectively.

[1] On the next day, the storm started to interact with Japan as it moved to the northeast, passing near Shikoku before making landfall through the southern part of Kii Peninsula on 20:00 UTC.

[1] As Dinah skirted the northeastern part of the country, streets near its capital Manila were submerged in one-to-two feet of floodwaters.

Map plotting the storm's track and intensity, according to the Saffir–Simpson scale
Map key
Tropical depression (≤38 mph, ≤62 km/h)
Tropical storm (39–73 mph, 63–118 km/h)
Category 1 (74–95 mph, 119–153 km/h)
Category 2 (96–110 mph, 154–177 km/h)
Category 3 (111–129 mph, 178–208 km/h)
Category 4 (130–156 mph, 209–251 km/h)
Category 5 (≥157 mph, ≥252 km/h)
Unknown
Storm type
triangle Extratropical cyclone , remnant low, tropical disturbance, or monsoon depression
Rain accumulations in western Japan from Dinah