Typhoon Tess
Floods in Japan created by Typhoon Tess. | |
| Meteorological history | |
|---|---|
| Formed | September 17, 1953 |
| Dissipated | September 27, 1953 |
| Unknown-strength storm | |
| 10-minute sustained (JMA) | |
| Lowest pressure | 900 hPa (mbar); 26.58 inHg |
| Category 5-equivalent super typhoon | |
| 1-minute sustained (SSHWS/JTWC) | |
| Highest winds | 280 km/h (175 mph) |
| Overall effects | |
| Fatalities | 393 |
| Missing | 85 |
| Areas affected | Japan |
| IBTrACS | |
Part of the 1953 Pacific typhoon season | |
Typhoon Tess, known in Japan as Typhoon No. 13, was a typhoon that caused great damage to Japan (especially the Kinki region) in September 1953 while Japan was still in the middle of post-war recovery. A depression formed in the Caroline Islands, moving northwest over the following days, the storm then rapidly enlarged, becoming a category-5 equivalent typhoon. Tess then crossed the Shima peninsula and made landfall over Japan. The storm then weakened and dissipated over September 29.
393 people were killed because of Tess, with 85 people missing. After the storm, a total of 86,398 houses were destroyed, 318,657 hectares of agricultural fields were damaged, and there were 5,582 damaged ships.