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Tropical Depression 08W was a relatively short-lived tropical cyclone that formed in the Western North Pacific Ocean during the 1979 Pacific typhoon season. It developed on July 23, 1979, and dissipated on July 27, 1979. Throughout its existence, 08W remained a weak system, never intensifying beyond tropical depression strength.
Typhoon Vera, also known as the Isewan Typhoon (伊勢湾台風, Ise-wan Taifū), was an exceptionally intense tropical cyclone that struck Japan in September 1959, becoming the strongest and deadliest typhoon on record to make landfall on the country, as well as the only one to do so as a Category 5 equivalent storm.
The most destructive was Typhoon Vera (known in Japan as the Isewan Typhoon), with 5,000 casualties in the Tokai region in September 1959. The costliest to affect Japan (and the second costliest in the Western Pacific basin when not adjusted for inflation) was Typhoon Hagibis (also known as the Reiwa 1 East Japan Typhoon), which caused $17.3 ...
Tropical Storm Vera (1951) (T5118) – A minimal tropical storm that made landfall as a weakening depression in Vietnam. Typhoon Vera (1956) (T5605) Typhoon Vera (1959) (T5915, 39W) – Hit Japan and over 5,000 were killed.
[41] [42] [43] Typhoon Olive of 1952 developed within the Central Pacific, but was not named until it had crossed the International Dateline and moved into the Western Pacific basin. [ 41 ] [ 44 ] During 1957, three other tropical cyclones developed in the Central Pacific and were named Kanoa, Della and Nina, by the Hawaiian military ...
On December 17, 1944, 80 years ago today, the U.S. Navy's Third Fleet Fast Carrier Task Force was in a refueling operation several hundred miles east of the Philippines, in one of the world's most ...
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]
Simple English; Tiếng Việt; ... Pages in category "1979 Pacific typhoon season" The following 4 pages are in this category, out of 4 total.