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Typhoon Yagi, known in the Philippines as Severe Tropical Storm Enteng, was a deadly and extremely destructive tropical cyclone which impacted Southeast Asia and South China in early September 2024. Yagi, which means goat or the constellation of Capricornus in Japanese , was the eleventh named storm , the first violent typhoon , and the first ...
Prior to Typhoon Yagi forming and making landfall in Vietnam, domestic media reported unusual weather patterns in August. Speaking to the Natural Resources and Environment newspaper (Tài nguyên và Môi trường), Mai Văn Khiêm, Director of the National Center for Hydro-Meteorological Forecasting, stated that the country's average temperature reached 28.3°C, the highest in recorded ...
Tropical Storm Yagi (2018) (T1814, 18W, Karding) – a weak tropical storm that affected the Philippines, Ryukyu Islands, Taiwan and East China. Typhoon Yagi (2024) (T2411, 12W, Enteng) – an extremely destructive and deadly Category 5-equivalent typhoon that ravaged Indochina , Hainan and the Philippines .
The 2024 Pacific typhoon season was the fifth-latest starting Pacific typhoon season on record, yet featured average activity, ending the streak of below average typhoon seasons that started in 2020. It was also the deadliest season since 2013, and became the fourth-costliest Pacific typhoon season on record, mostly due to Typhoon Yagi. This ...
September 7, 2024 — Typhoon Yagi made landfall in Northern Vietnam as one of the strongest in Vietnamese history. As of September 29, 2024, Yagi has caused severe flooding and damage across Vietnam and has caused at least 322 deaths in the country and VND 81.5 billion (US$3.31 billion) in damages.
Typhoon Yagi was an intense typhoon, the strongest of the 2006 Pacific typhoon season, which reached the equivalence of Category 5 on the Saffir–Simpson scale.Forming out of a tropical depression on September 16, Yagi quickly strengthened as it executed a slow clockwise loop over the open waters of the western Pacific Ocean.
On September 7, Yagi underwent a period of reorganization and regained Category 4 status before making a historic landfall between Haiphong and Quang Ninh in Vietnam. Upon landfall, Yagi became the strongest storm to impact Northern Vietnam. The typhoon then weakened rapidly into a remnant low as it moved inland, dissipating on September 8.
Having recorded maximum sustained wind speeds of 230 kilometers per hour (140 miles per hour), Typhoon Yagi was the equivalent of a Category 4 hurricane – the world’s second most powerful ...