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Typhoon Gaemi, known in the Philippines as Super Typhoon Carina, was a powerful and destructive tropical cyclone which impacted East China, Taiwan, and the Philippines in late July 2024. Gaemi, which means ant in Korean, the third named storm and second typhoon of the annual typhoon season , formed as a tropical depression east of Palau on July 19.
Owing to its warm sea surface temperature and low vertical wind shear, on July 24, Gaemi rapidly intensified into a Category-4 typhoon, with 10-minute sustained winds of 155 km/h (100 mph), equivalent to a very strong typhoon category by the JMA. Gaemi stalled and executed a counterclockwise loop near the coast and slightly weakened into a ...
The 2024 Pacific typhoon season was an 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 typhoons and super typhoons as well as the deadliest since 2013, and the fourth-costliest Pacific typhoon season on record, mostly due to Yagi.
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Visiting hard-hit Kaohsiung in the south, President Lai Ching-te commended the city's efforts to improve flood control since a 2009 typhoon that brought a similar amount of rain and killed 681 ...
A devastating typhoon that tore through the Philippines, Taiwan and China last month, destroying infrastructure and leaving more than 100 people dead, was made significantly worse by human-induced ...
At ― Typhoon Gaemi (Carina) further weakens to a Category 2 typhoon, located about 25 nautical miles (46 km; 29 mi) south-southwest of Taipei [ 30 ] [ 59 ] At 24°48′N 121°24′E / 24.8°N 121.4°E / 24.8; 121.4 ( Gaemi weakens to a severe tropical storm ) ― The JMA further downgrades Gaemi to a severe tropical
Boats return to port to shelter from Typhoon Gaemi on July 23, 2024 in Taizhou, China. - VCG/Getty Images For many in China, the prospect of another major storm bringing more water is a big concern.