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The 2024 Pacific typhoon season is an ongoing event in the annual cycle of tropical cyclone formation in the western Pacific Ocean.It is the fifth-latest starting Pacific typhoon season on record, the first season since 2019 to be average in terms of named storms, as well as the deadliest since 2013, and the fourth-costliest Pacific typhoon season on record, mostly due to Yagi.
12:00 UTC at ― Typhoon Shanshan intensifies into a Category 4 typhoon with 1-minute sustained winds of 115 knots (213 km/h; 132 mph) as it stalled near the Amami [ 92 ] 15:00 UTC at 28°42′N 130°18′E / 28.7°N 130.3°E / 28.7; 130.3 ( Shanshan reaches its peak intensity per the JMA ) ― The JMA assesses Shanshan with 10 ...
A super typhoon is equivalent to a category 5 hurricane, while the current speed of the cyclone puts it in category 4. The weather agency expects the cyclone to go further down in intensity as it ...
Satellite footage shows Super Typhoon Saola and Tropical Storm Haikui churning in the Western Pacific on Thursday (31 August)as Saola is expected to head toward Hong Kong in the coming days; China ...
The Northwest Pacific basin covers a vast area in the Pacific Ocean, located north of the equator, between 100°E and 180°E. [1] Several weather agencies monitor this basin, however it is officially monitored by the Japan Meteorological Agency (JMA, RSMC Tokyo), who is responsible for forecasting, naming and issuing warnings for tropical cyclones. [1]
A powerful tropical cyclone is churning in the western Pacific Ocean, and it could deliver a one-two punch to a portion of Japan this week. This comes right on the heels of Typhoon Doksuri, which ...
Fourth latest start for a Pacific typhoon season and second latest start for the first named system to develop. 2017: 42: 27: 11: 2 VSTY Lan (Paolo) 853: $15.1 billion TY Hato TS Kai-tak TY Tembin TS Urduja TY Vinta: Second latest start for a typhoon to develop since 1998, first since 1977 not to produce a Category 5 typhoon. 2018: 45: 29: 13 ...
The Northwest Pacific Ocean, or Western North Pacific, is the most active basin on the planet, accounting for one third of all tropical cyclone activity. Annually, an average of 25.7 tropical cyclones in the basin acquire tropical storm strength or greater; also, an average of 16 typhoons occurred each year during the 1968–1989 period.