Typhoon Hagibis Is Japan's Latest Billion-Dollar Disaster earther.gizmodo.com

Typhoon Hagibis may now be a swirl of clouds near Alaska, but its impacts on Japan are still playing out.
Hagibis is likely to be a multi- billion-dollar disaster, with extensive damages to homes, businesses, and some of Japan’s fabled (and it turns out, expensive) bullet trains.
AdvertisementTyphoon Hagibis spun up into a monster storm, rapidly intensifying to a Category 5 super typhoon early last week.
The highest 24-hour rainfall total topped out at 37.1 inches in Hakone, which sits about 50 miles southwest of Tokyo and 20 miles southeast of Mount Fuji.
Last year’s Typhoon Trami and Typhoon Jebi caused a combined $15.9 billion in losses, according a report from Munich Re.