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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 ...
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.
The name Yagi was submitted by Japan and means Capricornus (goat). Yagi was upgraded to a severe tropical storm by the JMA on September 18, and the JTWC designated it a typhoon later that day. The JMA officially upgraded Yagi to typhoon status early on September 19. Yagi was upgraded briefly to a super typhoon by the JTWC from September 21 to 22.
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. Typhoon Yagi blamed for over 200 deaths ...
Yagi, Asia’s most powerful storm this year, with winds of up to 203 km/h (126 mph), has killed more than 60 people since it made landfall in Vietnam on Saturday Image credits: Ho1Quyet Image ...
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 ...
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 (2006) (T0614, 16W) – the strongest typhoon of the 2006 season which eventually did not threaten significant land areas. Tropical Storm Yagi (2013) (T1303, 03W, Dante) – a tropical storm that brought minor impacts to the Philippines and Japan.