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Typhoon Kong-rey, known in the Philippines as Super Typhoon Leon, was a powerful and large tropical cyclone that impacted Taiwan and the Philippines before later affecting East China, South Korea, and Japan in late October and early November 2024.
The Philippines is a typhoon-prone country, with approximately twenty tropical cyclones entering its area of responsibility per year. Locally known generally as bagyo (), [3] typhoons regularly form in the Philippine Sea and less often, in the South China Sea, with the months of June to September being the most active, August being the month with the most activity.
A term used by the Japan Meteorological Agency to describe a typhoon with 10-minute windspeeds between 88–117 km/h (55–73 mph). Storm surge An abnormal rise in sea level accompanying a hurricane or other intense storm, and whose height is the difference between the observed level of the sea surface and the level that would have occurred in ...
Super Typhoon Kong-rey made landfall in Taiwan on October 31, the state weather forecaster said, as one of the most powerful storms to hit the island in years unleashed fierce winds and torrential ...
The deep-layered mean flow through the troposphere is considered to be the best tool in determining track direction and speed. If storms experience significant vertical wind shear , use of a lower level wind such as the 700 hPa pressure level (at a height of 3,000 metres (9,800 ft) above sea level) will work out as a better predictor.
Trajectory of Typhoon Mawar. 09:34, ... Governor Lou Leon Guerrero told CNN. Though the typhoon did leave much of the island damaged with many residents without power or clean water. ...
October 27–30, 2024: Typhoon Kong-rey (Leon) crosses over the Batanes islands as a powerful super typhoon with powerful winds and heavy rainfall, and storm surges in Cagayan and the Batanes archipelago. It was the second in a string of storms to affect the Philippines.
As tropical storm Bebinca barrels towards waters off northern Taiwan gathering strength into a possible typhoon, weather forecasters in Taipei are using a new and so far successful method to help ...