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The storm continued intensifying during the afternoon, with winds reaching 50 mph (80 km/h) by nightfall. By the next morning, Opal was upgraded into a typhoon, the eighth of the 1962 season. [13] The typhoon, now northwest of the island of Ulithi, continued turning to the northwest, beginning to slow as the system continued strengthening. By ...
Typhoon Wanda was one of the most intense tropical cyclones on record in Hong Kong. It was the 59th disturbance in the record-breaking 1962 Pacific typhoon season , forming in August east of the Philippines.
The Columbus Day storm of 1962 (also known as the big blow of 1962, [2] and originally in Canada as Typhoon Freda) was a Pacific Northwest windstorm that struck the West Coast of Canada and the Pacific Northwest coast of the United States on October 12, 1962. Typhoon Freda was the twenty-eighth tropical depression, the twenty-third tropical ...
Typhoon Amy was a super typhoon formed in August and September 1962. Amy made landfall in Taiwan as a category 4 equivalent super typhoon, then in China as a typhoon, moved out into the South China Sea , and finally made landfall in South Korea as a tropical storm .
The storm continued intensifying during the afternoon, with winds reaching 50 mph (80 km/h) by nightfall. By the next morning, Opal was upgraded into a typhoon, the eighth of the 1962 season. [2] The typhoon, now northwest of the island of Ulithi, continued turning to the northwest, beginning to slow as the system continued strengthening. By ...
Typhoon Karen was the most powerful tropical cyclone to strike the island of Guam, and has been regarded as one of the most destructive events in the island's history. [1] It was first identified as a tropical disturbance on November 6, 1962, well to the southeast of Truk .
November 11, 1962: Typhoon Karen was regarded as the worst typhoon to ever impact Guam. 95 percent of homes were destroyed, [15] and those left standing were damaged. [16] Approximately 45,000 people, mostly Guamanians, were left homeless. [17] 11 people lost their lives and about 100 others were injured.
Typhoon Freda (1962) (T6223, 72W) – a typhoon which formed and remained in the open ocean but later struck the west coast of Canada and the Pacific Northwest coast of the United States as a potent extratropical cyclone, and became known as the Columbus Day Storm of 1962. Typhoon Freda (1965) (T6511, 14W, Miling) – a strong typhoon that made ...