Typhoon June (1954)

Storm warnings were issued for the Okinawan Islands as early as September 10 and over the island of Kyushu due to June as early as September 11.[4][7] Military installations by the American and Japanese troops were also readied for the approaching storm. Their equipments were also sheltered.[6] The storm also threatened the attacks from the Chinese Civil War, which is occurring at that time.[8] Air Force bases of the Far East troops were also placed on an alert status. The Japanese Red Cross and other soldiers were also alerted of the storm.[9] Weights were also placed on other small or easily damaged establishments due to the storm. Basic needs such as drinking water, food and medical attentions were also addressed. However, American meteorologists forecasted that the Tokyo-Yokohama region will be spared over the full brunt of the storm. The southern portion of the Korean Peninsula were also forecasted by Japanese weathermen to be affected.[9] Rescue workers across Tokyo were also warned of possible impacts from June in the city, with winds up to 50 miles per hour (80 km/h). 350 individuals from Hōfu and Chugoku Bay's small island of Etajima were also sheltered. Thousands across Shikoku and Kyushu were also immediately evacuated due to June. Over Camp Bofu at Kokura, 49 children and women were asked to move out of the area, from the order of a high-ranked military officer.[10][11] Over 120,000 individuals across Miyazaki, Miyakonojo and Nobeoka were also sheltered to safety.[12]

June nearing landfall in Kyushu. Typhoon Lorna is also seen to the typhoon's southeast, developing.

Described as the strongest typhoon to hit Japan since the 1934 Muroto typhoon,[12] Ten-foot rough waves from June caused breaches on a seawall elsewhere on Kyushu, according to the United Press (UP). However weatherman from USA questioned this claim, saying that the typhoon is still far away from Japan. Nevertheless, Okinawa was impacted by 60 miles per hour (97 km/h) wind gusts from June's outer bands.[6] First reports from the storm in Kyushu and Shikoku from the Japanese National Police registered one death and missing each and three injuries somewhere the aforementioned regions. 2,781 houses were inundated with floodwaters while 85 were either wrecked or sustained damages.[9] On the next day, the death toll rose to 22 and the missing at 19. Many rescues were also conducted over the villages and areas that are the most impacted by June. The storm's rainfall also disrupted the ongoing strike by the country's national employees over the military bases in Japan's south. The western half of Japan were skirted by the typhoon's fury as it slowly weakened upon moving inland. Many highways, bridges and communication lines were also damaged. However, no damages were reported on military bases of Americans and Japanese.[10] Shipping operations were disrupted in the country's northern portions. On September 15, the death count rose to 47, with unofficial toll of 92 from Mainichi, a Japanese newspaper. 35 of them were in Minakima, Kyushu alone due to the swelling of Kuma River. The construction ministry of the country also placed the first estimates of the damages in government establishments and equipments from the typhoon to be at $4 million (1954 USD). Cloudy weather with some downpour were also experienced in some areas of Siberia due to the remnants of June, including Vladivostok.[13] Miyakonojō registered a rainfall amount of 679.6 millimetres (26.76 in) from the system, while Uwajima, Ehime got 316.7 millimetres (12.47 in). Overall, 107 were confirmed to have been killed due to June, with 37 missing. 39,855 homes across the country were completely leveled while 181,380 of them were flooded. Over 61,722 hectares (152,520 acres) of farmland were destroyed while 688 marine vessels sustained damages. Along with Typhoon Lorna, June caused over $300 million worth of damages.[14][15][16]

The Korean Peninsula also didn't escape June's impacts, where areas over the region received torrential rainfall from the storm.[13] Before noon by September 14, the Yomsok-chon River over Pyeongtaek overflowed due to the typhoon's rainfall. This incident forced the troops of Republic of Korea and United States’ air base to move into a higher place. Roadways leading to the area were flooded, as well as bridges. Two water reservoirs somewhere around the peninsula were also reported to be nearly overflowing due to the downpour.[17] Around Seoul, soldiers there and civilians were also alerted of the Han River increasing its water level for the second time after it did so in the morning of September 15. Over 17 feet (5.2 m) were seen in the reservoir. The now-Seoul Incheon International Airport also prepared its manpower in case of possible evacuations.[18] An eastern small area to the Korean Demilitarized Zone’s south received a rainfall amount of 35.5 inches (900 mm) from the reports of the engineers from the Eighth United States Army, which would make the typhoon the fourth-wettest tropical cyclone across the modern-day South Korea.[19] Ulleungdo Island, a small volcanic island registered the highest wind speed to be recorded in the mainland at that time, 45 metres per second (150 ft/s) before it was surpassed in 2010 by Typhoon Prapiroon.[20] On September 16, stranded soldiers at the Camp Taro Leaf somewhere the peninsula were brought food via air, as highways were still not passable.[21]