The Japan Meteorological Agency said Tuesday that of the abnormally high number of typhoons that made their way to Japan in 2013, a record-breaking nine occurred in the autumn months.

Since 2005, the average number of typhoons to reach Japan has been 25.6, NHK quoted an agency spokesperson as saying. However, in 2013, Japan witnessed a total of 31 typhoons.

In September, the Hokuriku and Kinki areas suffered major damage caused by heavy rains during typhoon No. 18, and large-scale landslides ravaged Izu-Oshima after torrential downpours followed the arrival of typhoon No. 26 in October.

Meteorologists are now better able to predict the path of typhoons; they have pared 91 kilometers from their calculation errors, allowing scientists to more easily differentiate the actual path of the typhoons from the expected path.

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