Typhoon Nabi was a powerful typhoon that struck southwestern Japan in September 2005. The 14th named storm of the 2005 Pacific typhoon season, Nabi formed on August 29 to the east of the Northern Mariana Islands. On September 1, the Joint Typhoon Warning Center upgraded the storm to super typhoon status, equivalent to a Category 5 hurricane on the Saffir–Simpson scale. The Japan Meteorological Agency estimated peak ten-minute winds of 175 km/h (110 mph) on September 2. The typhoon first affected the Northern Marianas, damaging or destroying 114 homes. It weakened while curving to the north, striking the Japanese island of Kyushu on September 6. The western fringe of the storm brushed South Korea, where it killed six people and caused US$115.4 million in damage. The storm then passed over Hokkaido before becoming extratropical on September 8. Across Japan, Nabi killed 29 people and caused ¥94.9 billion (US$854 million) in damage. Nabi's name was retired the following year.

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_______________________________ Today's selected anniversaries:

1786:

Led by Daniel Shays, disgruntled farmers in Western Massachusetts, U.S., angered by high tax burdens and disenfranchisement, started Shays' Rebellion. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shays%27_Rebellion

1842:

Britain and China signed the Treaty of Nanking, an unequal treaty to end the First Opium War, in which the island that is now the site of Hong Kong was ceded to Britain. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hong_Kong

1949:

The Soviet Union successfully conducted its first nuclear weapons test, exploding the 22-kiloton RDS-1. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RDS-1

1991:

Italian businessman Libero Grassi was killed by the Sicilian Mafia after taking a public stand against their extortion demands. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Libero_Grassi

_____________________________ Wiktionary's word of the day:

souped-up: 1. (horse racing, cant) Of a racehorse: injected with a substance to make it run faster or to change its temperament. 2. (road transport, slang) Of an engine, a motor vehicle, etc.: modified for higher performance. 3. (United States Navy, slang) Drunk, intoxicated. 4. (US (chiefly Connecticut, Massachusetts, and Rhode Island), slang) Excited. https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/souped-up

___________________________ Wikiquote quote of the day:

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