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Typhoon Yagi, known in the Philippines as Severe Tropical Storm Enteng, was a deadly and extremely destructive tropical cyclone which impacted Southeast Asia and South China in early September 2024. Yagi, which means goat or the constellation of Capricornus in Japanese , was the eleventh named storm , the first violent typhoon , and the first ...
Having recorded maximum sustained wind speeds of 230 kilometers per hour (140 miles per hour), Typhoon Yagi was the equivalent of a Category 4 hurricane – the world’s second most powerful ...
2024 Pacific typhoon season summary map. The Pacific typhoon season began abnormally late, with no systems forming for five months until May 22, when a tropical storm named Ewiniar formed southeast of Palau, marking it as the fifth-latest start of a Pacific typhoon season since reliable records began. [49]
Typhoon Yagi, Asia’s most powerful storm this year, has left dozens dead since sweeping across southern China and Southeast Asia last week, leaving a trail of destruction with its intense ...
Typhoon Yagi made landfall near Wenchang, Hainan, China, at 4:20 p.m. Friday, local time, as a Category 4 hurricane equivalent on the Saffir-Simpson Hurricane Wind Scale (130-156 mph) and is ...
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, the first season since 2019 to be average in terms of named storms, as well as the deadliest since 2013, and the fourth-costliest Pacific typhoon season on record, mostly due to Yagi.
Super Typhoon Yagi, one of this year’s most powerful storms, is set to slam into the Chinese holiday island of Hainan later on Friday, after its outer bands lashed Hong Kong and parts of ...
HONG KONG (Reuters) -Asia's strongest storm this year, Super Typhoon Yagi, made landfall along the coast of China's Hainan province on Friday, bringing gales and heavy rain which shut schools for ...