Typhoon Lionrock (2016)

Known in the Philippines as Dindo, Lionrock was a large and erratic system that tracked for roughly two weeks before turning on Japan in late August. It made landfall near Ōfunato in Iwate Prefecture with winds of 121 km/h at 18:00 JST on 30 August, immediately before weakening to a severe tropical storm. Flooding and casualties followed in both Japan and North Korea, with 19 of the Japanese deaths in the town of Iwaizumi.

Formed (UTC)

2016-08-16

Dissipated (UTC)

2016-08-30

Peak Saffir-Simpson category

4

Peak wind (knots, 1-minute)

120

Basin it formed in

Western North Pacific

Deaths, as sources state them

22 across Japan

IBTrACS storm page

ncics.org/ibtracs/index.php?name=v04r01-2016230N25160

Category: Disasters & Incidents

Tags: typhoon, japan, iwate, north korea, flooding

Coordinates: 25.679893271293224, 133.05991995346992

Part of Western Pacific typhoons of category 4 and above in the 2016 season

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