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The United States' Joint Typhoon Warning Center (JTWC) unofficially classifies typhoons with wind speeds of at least 130 knots (150 mph; 240 km/h)—the equivalent of a strong Category 4 storm on the Saffir–Simpson scale—as super typhoons. [6] Tropical cyclogenesis in the West Pacific commences over the summer monsoon trough.
Typhoon Usagi, known in the Philippines as Super Typhoon Ofel, was a powerful tropical cyclone that impacted the Philippines before later affecting Taiwan in early November 2024. It was the fifth of six consecutive tropical cyclones that impacted the Philippines within a span of four weeks, following Tropical Storm Trami and Typhoons Kong-rey ...
Typhoon Usagi tracking west-northwest towards the Philippines on 13 November 2024 (Joint Typhoon Warning Center) The Philippines, Japan, Taiwan, and even US territories like Guam are frequently ...
Radar image of Typhoon Cobra. The origins of the Joint Typhoon Warning Center (JTWC) can be traced back to June 1945, when the Fleet Weather Center/Typhoon Tracking Center was established on the island of Guam, after multiple typhoons, including Typhoon Cobra of December 1944 and Typhoon Connie in June 1945, had caused a significant loss of men and ships.
After a rapid intensification, Typhoon Mawar has become the most powerful storm of 2023 globally, according to the Joint Typhoon Warning Centre (JTWC). Mawar’s peak winds have surged to 175 mph ...
Typhoon Bebinca, known in the Philippines as Tropical Storm Ferdie, was a strong tropical cyclone that affected East China, Guam, Philippines and the Ryukyu Islands in early September 2024. Bebinca made landfall in Shanghai , China, becoming the strongest typhoon to hit the city since Typhoon Gloria in 1949.
At 00:00 UTC the following day, the Japan Meteorological Agency (JMA) classified the system as a tropical depression, [2] and by 03:00 UTC, the United States Joint Typhoon Warning Center (JTWC) issued a tropical cyclone formation alert for the disturbance, citing a favorable environment for development characterized by low to moderate vertical ...
(WEATHER.COM) -- Typhoon Soudelor rapidly intensified at the beginning of this week into a super typhoon with maximum sustained winds estimated to be 180 mph by the U.S. military's Joint Typhoon ...