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Since 2009 the Hong Kong Observatory has divided typhoons into three different classifications: typhoon, severe typhoon and super typhoon. [20] A typhoon has wind speed of 64–79 knots (73–91 mph; 118–149 km/h), a severe typhoon has winds of at least 80 knots (92 mph; 150 km/h), and a super typhoon has winds of at least 100 knots (120 mph ...
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, and the fifth-costliest Pacific typhoon season on record, mostly due to Yagi.
In the western Pacific Ocean, there have been 4,648 tropical cyclones, including at least 1,485 typhoons; the storms collectively killed more than 1.4 million people. In the North Indian Ocean, there have been at least 1,551 tropical cyclones, including 262 that attained the equivalent of hurricane status; the storms collectively killed over 1 ...
Between 1979 and 2016, typhoons increased in duration by two to nine hours and penetrated 30 to 190 kilometers farther inland, the researchers found. The study was published in the journal ...
Fourth latest start for a Pacific typhoon season and second latest start for the first named system to develop. 2017: 42: 27: 11: 2 VSTY Lan (Paolo) 853: $15.1 billion TY Hato TS Kai-tak TY Tembin TS Urduja TY Vinta: Second latest start for a typhoon to develop since 1998, first since 1977 not to produce a Category 5 typhoon. 2018: 45: 29: 13 ...
By 10 a.m. local time the following morning, the barometer picked up a steep fall in pressure indicative of a typhoon ahead. Just a few hours later, hurricane-force winds and gusts up to 140 mph ...
A tropical cyclone is the generic term for a warm-cored, non-frontal synoptic-scale low-pressure system over tropical or subtropical waters around the world. [4] [5] The systems generally have a well-defined center which is surrounded by deep atmospheric convection and a closed wind circulation at the surface. [4]
In the peak of Atlantic hurricane season, words matter. And using the right ones at the right time can be the difference between alerting of a far-out rotating storm system to a nearer full-blown ...