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Super Typhoon Oscar was a powerful typhoon that affected Japan and killed 8 people and left many other people missing. The eighteenth tropical cyclone and second super typhoon of the moderately active 1995 Pacific typhoon season, It formed as a tropical depression a few hundred miles east-northeast of Guam. The tropical depression strengthened to a tropical storm, giving it the name Oscar. Oscar reached typhoon status on September 14, becoming a super typhoon later that same day. Oscar recurved northeastwards two days later, skirted past Honshū on 17 September and became extratropical on September 18. Oscar affected Tokyo, where numerous buildings sustained severe damage from high winds and several major highways were shut down. At least 20 people were injured by flying debris in Japan. 〔("Typhoon Oscar injures 20 from debris" ) ''The Eugene Register-Guard''. Retrieved 12-1-5.〕 One person was killed in a landslide and another drowned in a flood. Seven more people were killed by Typhoon Oscar throughout the country. Three other people were also listed as missing due to the storm. 〔("At least 2 killed and 3 injured by Typhoon Oscar" ) ''The New York Times''. September 1995. Retrieved 1-5-12.〕 Although it never made landfall, losses from the storm throughout Japan still amounted to 612.3 million yen ($6.7 million USD). ==Meteorological history== About almost a month without any tropical cyclones reaching tropical storm strength, with Tropical Storm Nina being the most recent, a new tropical depression, designated Tropical Depression 17W by the Joint Typhoon Warning Center (JTWC), formed over the Pacific about 380 kilometers (240 miles) east-northeast of Guam on the early morning of September 12. Tracking northwestwards and intensifying over water, Oscar attained typhoon strength on September 14. 〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://www.hko.gov.hk/publica/tc/tc1995.pdf )〕 Typhoon Oscar reached its maximum intensity of high winds with 260 kilometres per hour (160 miles per hour) and a minimum central pressure of 925 millibars (hPa; 27.32 inHg) on September 14. The eye was well-developed, and it headed towards Japan. Oscar recurved northeastwards two days later, skirted past Honshū on September 17 and started weakening. Oscar was downgraded to a tropical storm, then the system became extratropical on September 18. In Japan, Oscar claimed nine lives and injured at least 13 people. Six people were reported missing and about 600 houses were damaged by high winds and flood water. 〔 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Typhoon Oscar」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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