Stig Östlund

måndag, november 11, 2013

Typhoons

When Typhoon Roke came ashore on Sept. 21, it became the second typhoon to hit Japan this month. The storm was equivalent to a Category 4 hurricane on the Saffir-Simpson scale, but it's not close to being among the biggest, baddest typhoons.

Typhoon Nancy formed on Sept. 12, 1961, in the Northwest Pacific region. Nancy had possibly the strongest winds ever measured in a tropical cyclone (tropical storms, hurricanes and typhoons). Nancy's estimated sustained winds were at 213 mph (343 kph), making the storm a Category 5 super typhoon.

Typhoon Megi made landfall early on Oct. 18, 2010, in the Philippines and was one of the strongest typhoons on record. Spanning more than 370 miles (600 kilometers), the mega-storm sustained winds of 178 mph (287 km per hour), according to the United States' Joint Typhoon Warning Center (JTWC).

One of the deadliest typhoons, Vera crashed into Japan in late-September 1959, killing 5,098 people and injuring nearly 40,000 more.
Much of Vera's damage was not from its strong winds of up to 190 mph (305 kph), but from severe flooding in the Ise Bay near the city of Nagoya.

Super Typhoon Sarah, which peaked at 190 mph (310 kph), made landfall on southern South Korea on Sept. 17. 1959. Sarah's high winds and rain caused 6 deaths, destroyed 6,000 houses and ruined millions of dollars in crops.

Super Typhoon Forrest developed in the Western Pacific Ocean in September 1983 over the open ocean. It was the fastest-developing tropical cyclone on record, with a pressure drop of 100 millibars in a 24-hour period.

John was both the longest-lasting and the farthest-traveling tropical cyclone ever observed. John formed during the strong El Niño of 1991 to 1994 and peaked as a Category 5 hurricane.

Nora has the less-heralded distinction of having the warmest eye of any tropical cyclone at 86 degrees Fahrenheit (30 degrees Celsius).
Nora became a super typhoon with winds of up to 185 mph (298 kph). Nora weakened to a small typhoon as it hit southeast China on the Oct. 10, 1973. The typhoon caused 18 fatalities, and over $2 million in damage.

Typhoon Tip formed in the Northwest Pacific Ocean on Oct. 12, 1979, and was the largest and most intense tropical cyclone on record. The storms diameter was 1,380 miles (2,220 km), almost half as large as the continental United States./Live Science

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