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Typhoon Kong-rey, known in the Philippines as Super Typhoon Leon, was a powerful and large tropical cyclone that impacted Taiwan and the Philippines before later affecting East China, South Korea, and Japan in late October and early November 2024.
Super Typhoon Kong-rey made landfall in Taiwan on October 31, the state weather forecaster said, as one of the most powerful storms to hit the island in years unleashed fierce winds and torrential ...
A strong Typhoon Kong-rey made landfall on Taiwan's east coast on Thursday, the largest storm by size to hit the island in nearly 30 years, closing financial markets, causing hundreds of flights ...
The storm entered PAR, receiving the local name Leon. On October 29, Kong-rey started undergoing rapid intensification and became a Category-4 super typhoon the following day. With that, Kong-rey achieved a peak intensify of 1-minute sustained winds of 240 km/h (150 mph) and a central pressure of 925 hPa (27.32 inHg).
Tropical Storm Noul (2020) (T2011, 13W, Leon) – a weak, but deadly tropical cyclone that impacted central Vietnam. Typhoon Kong-rey (2024) (T2421, 23W, Leon) – a large Сategory 4 super typhoon that made landfall in Taiwan.
Kaohsiung, home to some 2.7 million people, declared a holiday and told people to stay at home as Krathon - labelled a super typhoon by the U.S. Navy's Joint Typhoon Warning Center - approached.
The Philippines is a typhoon-prone country, with approximately twenty tropical cyclones entering its area of responsibility per year. Locally known generally as bagyo (), [3] typhoons regularly form in the Philippine Sea and less often, in the South China Sea, with the months of June to September being the most active, August being the month with the most activity.
Ewiniar later intensified into a typhoon over Lamon Bay [19] The storm made its final landfall over Patnanungan in the Polillo Islands. [20] The typhoon left the PAR on May 29 and continued to weaken due to subsidence around the mid-latitude. [19] [16] On May 30, Ewiniar transitioned into an extratropical cyclone south-southwest of Yokosuka ...