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The 2024 Pacific typhoon season is an ongoing event in the annual cycle of tropical cyclone formation in the western Pacific Ocean. It is the fifth-latest starting Pacific typhoon season on record, as well as the deadliest since 2013, the most active since 2019, and the fifth-costliest Pacific typhoon season on record, mostly due to Yagi.
September 30, 2024 at 3:47 AM. By Yimou Lee and Ben Blanchard. TAIPEI (Reuters) -Taiwan issued a land warning on Monday ahead of the arrival of Typhoon Krathon, which has strengthened into the ...
In the West Pacific basin, a robust typhoon is taking aim at Taiwan, the northernmost tip of the Philippines and southeastern China with the impacts of heavy rain and gusty winds. The center of ...
The 2023 Pacific typhoon season was the fourth and final consecutive below-average season and became the third-least active typhoon season on record in terms of named storms, with just 17 named storms developing, only ahead of 2010 and 1998. Despite the season occurring during an El Niño event, which typically favors activity in the basin ...
Typhoon Bolaven's lowest pressure and highest wind readings are similar to the last notable West Pacific typhoon to impact Guam and the Northern Mariana Islands -- Typhoon Mawar. That storm ...
Typhoon Krathon, known in the Philippines as Super Typhoon Julian, was a powerful and erratic tropical cyclone which impacted Taiwan and the Philippines in late September and early October 2024. Krathon, which refers to the santol fruit, was the first storm to make landfall on Taiwan's densely populated western plains since Typhoon Thelma in 1977.
In 2024, tropical cyclones have been forming in seven major bodies of water, commonly known as tropical cyclone basins. Tropical cyclones are named by various weather agencies when they attain maximum sustained winds of 35 knots (65 km/h; 40 mph). So far, 106 systems have formed this year, with 75 of them being named.
Although the typhoon has weakened, the threats from a storm surge, strong winds and rain remain as it slowly makes its way towards Taiwan's coast, weather forecasters said. The typhoon would lose ...