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Hawaii lies in the central Pacific, where about four or five tropical cyclones appear each year, although as many as fifteen have occurred, such as in the 2015 season; rarely do these storms actually affect Hawaii. Tropical cyclone records were not kept before the 1950s. Earlier windstorms that struck Hawaii were not labeled as hurricanes. [1]
Hurricane John, also known as Typhoon John, was the farthest-traveling tropical cyclone ever observed worldwide. It was also the longest-lasting tropical cyclone on record globally at the time, until it was surpassed by Cyclone Freddy in 2023. [ 1 ]
Since 2009 the Hong Kong Observatory has divided typhoons into three different classifications: typhoon, severe typhoon and super typhoon. [20] A typhoon has wind speed of 64–79 knots (73–91 mph; 118–149 km/h), a severe typhoon has winds of at least 80 knots (92 mph; 150 km/h), and a super typhoon has winds of at least 100 knots (120 mph ...
Hurricane Hone made a close approach to Hawaii last weekend, bringing minor damage and more than 31 inches of rain, which preliminarily ranks it number 4 for the highest rainfall from a tropical ...
Each year, three to four typhoons hit the island of Taiwan. In 2020, no storms struck the island, marking the first typhoon-free year in Taiwan in more than 50 years. [146] In summer and fall, tropical cyclones typically produce 43.5% of the island's rainfall. [147]
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 ...
Between 1979 and 2016, typhoons increased in duration by two to nine hours and penetrated 30 to 190 kilometers farther inland, the researchers found. The study was published in the journal ...
As the sixth typhoon of the 2023 Pacific typhoon season, Dora would gradually deteriorate over open waters. As Dora moved north under a mid-latitude upper low, it became strongly influenced by the low and started to exhibit subtropical characteristics, prompting the Joint Typhoon Warning Center (JTWC) to reclassify the storm as a subtropical ...