Typhoon Meari and Hurricane Jeanne Make for the Worse Storm Season in Japan's and Florida's History

Miami, FL (HDW) September 30, 2004 – As the remnants of Hurricane Jeanne move into the Atlantic Ocean, flash flood warnings for the states of Maryland, Pennsylvania, Virginia, South Carolina, and Florida on the east coast have been discontinued by the National Oceanographic and Atmospheric Administration (NOOA). At the same time that Hurricane Jeanne is winding down, Typhoon Meari is sweeping through Southern Japan and many people are missing. Hurricane Jeanne was the 4th major storm to hit Florida after Hurricane’s Charley, Frances, and Ivan. Typhoon Meari is the 8th major storm to hit Japan in its cyclone season. This is reported to be the worst cyclone season on record for both Japan in Asia and for Florida in the United States of America. Researchers are studying why the 2004 cyclone season has been so bad.

The picture above of Hurricane Jeanne was taken by a NASA satellite as the hurricane was ravaging Florida. At 11:00 AM Wednesday morning, NOAA reported Jeanne about 200 miles east of New York City. Its winds have died down to 25 miles per hour, and the storm was moving eastward, deeper into the Atlantic Ocean, at 30 miles per hour.

The picture above, also taken from a NASA satellite, displays Typhoon Meari in its recent approach to Japan. Typhoon Meari was reported to be about 90 nautical miles south of Kyoto, Japan by the Joint Typhoon Warning Center on Wednesday. It was predicted that the typhoon would continue to move north and east, and that it would lose power as it continued to move over land in Japan. At the time of this report, less than a dozen people were feared dead, and a similar amount were missing within Japan.

This has been the worst Hurricane season in Florida’s history and the worst Typhoon season in Japan’s history. China experienced its worst single Typhoon earlier in the summer. This 2004 cyclone season may go down as the worst in recorded history, and researchers are trying to find out if there is more to come.