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Satellite image of Typhoon Noru on July 31, 2017. A typhoon is a tropical cyclone that develops between 180° and 100°E in the Northern Hemisphere and which produces sustained hurricane-force winds of at least 119 km/h (74 mph). [1]
Depending on its location and strength, a tropical cyclone is called a hurricane (/ ˈ h ʌr ɪ k ən,-k eɪ n /), typhoon (/ t aɪ ˈ f uː n /), tropical storm, cyclonic storm, tropical depression, or simply cyclone. A hurricane is a strong tropical cyclone that occurs in the Atlantic Ocean or northeastern Pacific Ocean.
The JMA divides the typhoon category into three categories, with a 10-minute maximum wind speed below 84 kn (43 m/s; 97 mph; 156 km/h) assigned for the (strong) typhoon category. A very strong typhoon has wind speeds between 85–104 kn (44–54 m/s; 98–120 mph; 157–193 km/h), while a violent typhoon has wind speeds of 105 kn (54 m/s; 121 ...
Typhoon Haiyan, known in the Philippines as Super Typhoon Yolanda, ... The storm displayed some characteristics of an annular tropical cyclone, ...
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 ...
An extratropical cyclone is a synoptic scale low-pressure weather system that does not have tropical characteristics, [33] as it is connected with fronts and horizontal gradients (rather than vertical) in temperature and dew point otherwise known as "baroclinic zones". [34] "Extratropical" is applied to cyclones outside the tropics, in the ...
Typhoon does not have a clear origin. It may have a Greek root due to European influence, NOAA said. Some people think the word comes from the Greek word Τυφῶν (Typhôn), which was the name ...
Yes, a hurricane is the same as a typhoon, which is also the same as a cyclone. A “hurricane” occurs over the North Atlantic or over the central or eastern North Pacific oceans—in places ...