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Geographical images of Typhoon Haiyan (superimposed) and Hurricane Katrina in the Gulf of Mexico for size and cloud top temperature comparison Intensification slowed somewhat during the day, though the JTWC estimated the storm to have attained Category 5-equivalent super typhoon status on the Saffir–Simpson hurricane wind scale (SSHWS) around ...
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]
JMA General Information of Typhoon Haiyan (1330) from Digital Typhoon; JMA Best Track Data of Typhoon Haiyan (1330) (in Japanese) JTWC Best Track Data Archived 2020-07-17 at the Wayback Machine of Super Typhoon 31W (Haiyan) 31W.HAIYAN from the U.S. Naval Research Laboratory; Super Typhoon Haiyan from the CIMSS Satellite Blog; The track of ...
In 2013, Typhoon Haiyan, one of the strongest recorded tropical cyclones, left more than 7,300 people dead or missing, flattened entire villages and caused ships to run aground and smash into ...
In 2013, Typhoon Haiyan, one of the strongest on record, left more than 7,300 people dead or missing, flattened entire villages, swept ships inland and displaced more than 5 million in the central ...
China, also affected by Typhoon Haiyan, donated US$200,000 to the Philippine relief effort. [33] China provided a donation of US$1.4 million worth of relief supplies. [34] China also sent its naval hospital ship Peace Ark. [35] Hong Kong chief executive CY Leung expressed his deepest sympathies for the typhoon victims. [36]
Among them, Haiyan (far right; on the third row) was the most intense with minimum central pressure of 895 hPa Throughout 2013, 139 tropical cyclones formed in seven different areas called basins . Of these, 67 have been named by various weather agencies when they attained maximum sustained winds of 35 knots (65 km/h , 40 mph ).
On Dec. 27, 2001, 23 years ago today, a tropical storm first became Typhoon Vamei before it slammed into extreme southern Malaysia just north of Singapore. Vamei's flooding and landslides claimed ...