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Typhoon Megi (pronounced), known in the Philippines as Typhoon Helen, was a large and powerful tropical cyclone which affected Taiwan and eastern China in late September 2016. It is the seventeenth named storm and the seventh typhoon of the annual typhoon season .
After moving to the South China Sea, the outflow of Megi and a weather front together brought torrential rainfall, caused $42.2 million (2010 USD) in damage and killed 38 people in Yilan, Taiwan, making Megi the deadliest typhoon of 2010s in Taiwan. [4] Megi also caused $411.7 million (2010 USD) in damage over Fujian, China, although there were ...
Typhoon Megi (2016) (T1617, 20W, Helen) – a large typhoon that made landfall in Taiwan as a Category 3 typhoon; Tropical Storm Megi (2022) (T2202, 03W, Agaton) – a deadly tropical cyclone that stalled in Leyte Gulf, bringing widespread flooding to the Philippines; After the 2022 storm, the name Megi was announced to be retired and will no ...
Typhoon Megi reached its peak intensity as a Category 3 typhoon while making landfall over Taiwan. Both Meranti and Megi made landfall in Fujian, China, and they caused a total of US$3.6 billion of damage. Rai became a weak tropical storm before it made landfall in Vietnam, Laos and Thailand in mid-September, causing flooding and moderate damage.
Taiwan has put its military units on standby and closed schools and offices across several counties on Tuesday, as the island braces for a powerful typhoon set to make landfall in the next couple ...
The first typhoon of the season to affect Taiwan, it strengthened by 96 kph (60 mph) over a 24-hour period, well exceeding the definition of rapid intensification of 56 kph (35 mph) in 24 hours.
A typhoon moving into China on Thursday unleashed severe flooding this week, killing more than a 20 people in the Philippines and Taiwan. According to Reuters, the typhoon, named Gaemi by Japan's ...
Typhoon Haiyan (Yolanda) on November 7, 2013, one of the strongest Pacific typhoons ever recorded.. Since 1947, the Joint Typhoon Warning Center (JTWC) has classified all typhoons in the Northwestern Pacific Ocean with wind speeds of at least 130 knots (67 m/s; 150 mph; 240 km/h)—the equivalent of a strong Category 4 on the Saffir–Simpson scale, as super typhoons. [1]