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Super Typhoon Nancy, also known as the 2nd Muroto Typhoon (第二室戸台風, Daini-muroto Taifū), was an extremely powerful tropical cyclone of the 1961 Pacific typhoon season and one of the most intense tropical cyclones on record.
Typhoon Nancy (1954) (T5416) Typhoon Nancy (1958) (T5828) Typhoon Nancy (1961) – (T6118, 52W) struck Japan. Known as 2nd Muroto Typhoon. Tropical Storm Nancy (1964) (21W, Japan Meteorological Agency analyzed it as a tropical depression, not as a tropical storm.) Tropical Storm Nancy (1966) (T6633, 36W, Uding) Typhoon Nancy (1970) (T7001, 01W ...
Hurricane Betsy was the first hurricane to have damages exceeding US$1 billion. In 1960, four rotating lists of names were developed to avoid creating new lists each year, while the practice of retiring any particularly damaging storm names for 10 years continued, with 11 names deemed significant enough to be retired during the decade.
The 1961 Atlantic hurricane season was a very active Atlantic hurricane season, with an accumulated cyclone energy (ACE) total of 189, the highest since 1950 and until being surpassed by 1995. The season, however, was an average one in terms of named storms. The season featured eight hurricanes and a well above average number of five major ...
The 1961 Pacific typhoon season had no official bounds; it ran year-round in 1961, but most tropical cyclones tend to form in the northwestern Pacific Ocean between June and December. These dates conventionally delimit the period of each year when most tropical cyclones form in the northwestern Pacific Ocean.
The hurricane produced a peak storm surge of 24 feet and flattened nearly everything along the Mississippi coast. It caused an estimated $1.42 billion in damages (more than $12 billion in 2024 ...
By Nancy Lapid (Reuters) - Hurricanes and tropical storms in the United States cause a surge of deaths for nearly 15 years after the initial weather event strikes, new research suggests.
Data was collected on four hurricanes between 1963 and 1971, ultimately showing that observed decreases in wind speed had been the result of natural changes rather than seeding. [88] Typhoon Nancy struck Osaka and the island of Honshu in Japan (where it was referred to as the Muroto II Typhoon), with winds of 135 miles per hour. The typhoon ...