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Typhoon Yagi, known in the Philippines as Severe Tropical Storm Enteng and in Vietnam as Typhoon No. 3 of 2024 (Vietnamese: Bão số 3 năm 2024), was a deadly and extremely destructive tropical cyclone which impacted Southeast Asia and South China in early September 2024.
The name was submitted by Japan, which is the Japanese word for goat and the Japanese name of the constellation Capricornus. Typhoon Yagi (2000) (T0019, 29W, Paring) – a relatively strong typhoon that impacted the Ryukyu Islands and threatened Taiwan before dissipating.
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.
That super typhoon — defined as having wind speed of above 240 kilometers per hour or 150 miles per hour — killed at least 62 people across Hainan, Guangdong, Guangxi and Yunnan provinces ...
At least 197 people have been killed by Typhoon Yagi's inundations in Vietnam alone, as a vast swath of Southeast Asia reels from flooding and landslides.
A child looks out from their flooded home amid heavy rains from Typhoon Yagi in Pampanga, Philippines, on Sept. 5. (Eloisa Lopez/Reuters) (REUTERS) See more of our photo features on Yahoo News >>>
Prior to Typhoon Yagi forming and making landfall in Vietnam, domestic media reported unusual weather patterns in August 2024. Speaking to the Natural Resources and Environment newspaper, Mai Văn Khiêm, Director of the National Center for Hydro-Meteorological Forecasting, stated that the country's average temperature reached 28.3 °C (82.9 °F), the highest in recorded history. [1]
HANOI/HAIPHONG (Reuters) -Typhoon Yagi, Asia's most powerful storm this year, left dozens dead in northern Vietnam and widespread damage to infrastructure and factories as it churned westwards ...