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Tropical cyclones regularly affect the coastlines of most of Earth's major bodies of water along the Atlantic, Pacific, and Indian oceans. Also known as hurricanes, typhoons, or other names, tropical cyclones have caused significant destruction and loss of human life, resulting in about 2 million deaths since the 19th century.
Eight out of fourteen highest peaks in the world lie in the Nepalese Himalaya including the highest peak of the World, Mt. Everest (8848 m). [285] During a tropical depression that affected the Indian Subcontinent in 2004, 51.3 millimetres (2.02 in) of rain fell at Kathmandu airport in the 24‑hour period ending at 1200 UTC on October 7. [76]
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]
Typhoons in the Federated States of Micronesia (1 C, 22 P) Hurricanes in Montserrat (15 P) Cyclones in Mozambique (1 C, 22 P) Tropical cyclones in Myanmar (24 P) N.
One of this year’s most powerful storms made landfall in northern Vietnam on Saturday, after killing at least four people and injuring at least 95 others in southern China, according to state media.
The submitted names are arranged into a list, the names on the list will be used from up to down, from left to right. When all names on the list are used, it will start again from the left-top corner. When a typhoon causes damage in a region, the affected region can request for retiring the name in the next session of the ESCAP/WMO Typhoon ...
Super Typhoon Man-yi is the fourth typhoon to hit the Philippines in less than two weeks, resulting in at least eight deaths as landslides and storm surges were triggered by intense winds and ...
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 ...