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== Pine Ledge ==
{{infobox hurricane | name=Typhoon Helen
| category=cat3
| type=typhoon
| image ___location=Helen72.JPG
| image name=Typhoon Helen southwest of [[Okinawa]] on [[September 15]], [[1972]]
| formed=[[September 13]], [[1972]]
| dissipated=[[September 17]], [[1972]]
| highest winds=115 [[miles per hour|mph]]
| lowest pressure=955 mbar
| total damages=$102 million (1972 [[USD]]) <br> $436 million (2005 [[USD]])
| total fatalities=70 direct, 2 indirect
| areas affected=[[Japan]], [[South Korea]]
| hurricane season=[[1972 Pacific typhoon season]]
}}
Pine Ledge is a remote section of Cockaponset State Forest located about a half mile west of Deep River, Connecticut. This area gets it's name from a dramatic ledge of rocks along it's eastern edge.
'''Typhoon Helen''' (designated '''Typhoon Paring''' by PAGASA)<ref>http://www.typhoon2000.ph/stormarchives/1963-1988_PTC.txt</ref> was the 20{{th}} named storm and 13{{th}} typhoon of the [[1972 Pacific typhoon season]]. A mid-[[September]] [[Category 3]] typhoon, Helen caused was a mid-September 1972 [[Category 3]] typhoon that caused sigifigant damage across eastern [[Japan]] leaving 72 people dead and $102 million (1972 [[USD]], $436 million [[2005]] USD) in damage.
'''Recreation'''
==Storm history==
A broad area of low pressure formed near [[Guam]] and became Tropical Storm Helen on [[September 13]].
It is recommended to have a high-clearance vehicle when visiting this area; the access roads are very rugged and may become thick with mud after a heavy rain or during the spring melt. Even though the use of all-terrain-vehicles has not been officially designated, the Pine Ledge area has become very popular among local riders. Jeeps and 4X4 off-road vehicles have also utilized some of the old abandoned access roads as trails. There are some hiking trails used primarily by the locals and a popular rock climbing destination along the rocks at Pine Ledge.
Taking a northwesterly course along a high pressure system, Helen reached typhoon status on [[September 14]] and veered further to the northeast because of a [[low pressure]] [[trough (meteorology)|trough]] to the west. The trough and a high pressure system over the coast of [[Japan]] caused Helen to accelerate in forward speed on [[September 15]]. Helen reached a peak intensity of 115 mph before making landfall near [[Cape Kushimoto]] on [[September 16]], passing between [[Osaka]] and [[Nagoya]] before entering the [[Sea of Japan]] twelve hours later. Helen then made a counter-clockwise loop before becoming [[extratropical]] on [[September 17]].
==Impact References ==
: Connecticut Explorer's Guide [http://www.ctxguide.com/ctxguide_044.htm Pine Ledge Climbing Map]
[[Image:Helen72damage.JPG|left|thumb|Damage from Helen]]
Several weather stations along the coast of [[Japan]] recorded 80 mph winds with gusts reaching 113 mph. Helen's heavy rains disupted air, sea, and land transport and caused flashflooding that left 38 people dead and over 70,000 homes and buildings damaged or destroyed. Helen also spawned a rare tornado that touched down north of [[Tokyo]], destroying eight homes.<ref>http://www.npmoc.navy.mil/jtwc/atcr/1972atcr/pdf/wnp/20.pdf</ref> Offshore, nine cargo ships ran aground and two fishing boats sank drowning 24 crewmen.
Helen's second landfall was in [[Hokkaido]] as a tropical depression on [[September 17]]. The heavy rains as high as 31 inches from the system caused flashfloods and landslides that left eight dead and two missing. Helen also generated waves that killed two people in [[South Korea]].
In all, Typhoon Helen left 72 dead and caused $102 million in damage (1972 USD, $436 million 2005 USD), making Helen the most destructive typhoon to strike [[Japan]] during the 1972 season.
==Lack of retirement==
Despite the damage and death toll, the name Helen was not retired and was reused in future years.
==See also==
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*[[Tropical cyclone]]
*[[List of notable tropical cyclones]]
==External Links==
*[http://www.npmoc.navy.mil/jtwc/atcr/1972atcr/pdf/wnp/20.pdf Helen report]
*[http://weather.unisys.com/hurricane/w_pacific/1972/20/track.dat Helen 1972 best track data]
*[http://weather.unisys.com/hurricane/w_pacific/1972/20/track.gif Helen 1972 track]
*[http://agora.ex.nii.ac.jp/digital-typhoon/summary/wnp/s/197220.html.en Digital Typhoon]
==References==
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[[Category:1972 meteorology]]
[[Category:1972 Pacific typhoon season|Helen]]
[[Category:Category 3 hurricanes|Helen (1972)]]
[[Category:Pacific typhoons|Helen (1972)]]
[[Category:Typhoons in Japan|Helen (1972)]]
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