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Typhoon Rai, known in the Philippines as Super Typhoon Odette, [1] was a deadly and extremely destructive super typhoon, which was the second costliest typhoon in Philippine history behind Typhoon Haiyan in 2013. Rai was a powerful rare tropical cyclone that struck the Philippines in mid-December 2021.
Typhoon Usagi, known in the Philippines as Super Typhoon Odette, was a tropical cyclone which affected Taiwan, the Philippines, China, and Hong Kong in mid September 2013. Usagi ( ウサギ , " Rabbit ") , which refers to the constellation Lepus in Japanese , was the fourth typhoon and the nineteenth tropical storm in the basin.
Typhoon Haiyan (Yolanda) on November 7, 2013, one of the strongest Pacific typhoons ever recorded.. Since 1947, the Joint Typhoon Warning Center (JTWC) has classified all typhoons in the Northwestern Pacific Ocean with wind speeds of at least 130 knots (67 m/s; 150 mph; 240 km/h)—the equivalent of a strong Category 4 on the Saffir–Simpson scale, as super typhoons. [1]
That super typhoon — defined as having wind speed of above 240 kilometers per hour or 150 miles per hour — killed at least 62 people across Hainan, Guangdong, Guangxi and Yunnan provinces ...
#Mawar now up to 150 knots (175 mph) per latest JTWC advisory. Best I can tell, that's the planet's strongest #tropical cyclone (by est'd wind speed, with all usual caveats) since Dec. 2021 (ST ...
The HKO, SMG and the CMA also divide the typhoon category into three categories, with both assigning a maximum wind speed of 80 kn (41 m/s; 92 mph; 150 km/h) to the typhoon category. A severe typhoon has wind speeds of 85–104 kn (44–54 m/s; 98–120 mph; 157–193 km/h), while a super typhoon has winds of 100 kn (51 m/s; 120 mph; 190 km/h).
Packing maximum sustained wind speeds of 240 kilometers per hour (150 miles per hour), Super Typhoon Yagi is currently the equivalent of a Category 4 hurricane — the world’s second-most ...
Category 5-equivalent super typhoon; 1-minute ... unofficially making Haiyan the strongest tropical cyclone ever observed based on wind speed, ... Odette (Rai) 2021