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The Saffir–Simpson hurricane wind scale is a classification used for some Western Hemisphere tropical cyclones. Hong Kong has similar official five-level definition warning signals, which use descriptions of winds taken from the Beaufort Scale. The Hong Kong levels, however, do not correspond to the Beaufort Scale, which has 12 levels.
The deadliest tropical cyclone was Tropical Storm Megi, which caused 214 fatalities in the Philippines (excluding 132 others rendered missing), while the costliest was Hurricane Ian, which had an estimated damage total of at least $113.1 billion (2022 USD) after affecting Trinidad and Tobago, Venezuela, Colombia, the western part of the Greater ...
A storm surge watch would be issued when a life-threatening storm surge, associated with a potential or ongoing tropical, subtropical or post-tropical cyclone, is possible within the next 48 hours. These watches would be upgraded to storm surge warnings when there is a danger of life-threatening storm surge occurring within 36 hours.
As Tropical Storm Nalgae tracked closer to Hong Kong, the Hong Kong Observatory issued its third highest strong wind warning (Signal No. 8) on November 3. [23] [24] [25] This is the first time that the warning signal was raised to this level in November in 50 years since Pamela 1972. [26]
In Hong Kong, the Hong Kong Observatory raised typhoon signal 1 at 12.40pm on November 8, and Signal 3 on November 9 at 3.40pm. [57] [58] The cross harbour swimming race in Victoria Harbour scheduled for November 10 was cancelled. [59] In Macau, typhoon signal 1 was raised on November 8 on 11am followed by Signal 3 on November 9 at 11pm. [60]
Tropical Storm Kammuri (2002) Tropical Storm Kammuri (2008) Typhoon Kent (1995) Typhoon Ketsana; Typhoon Khanun (2023) Typhoon Khanun (2005) Typhoon Kim (1980) Tropical Storm Koguma; Typhoon Kompasu (2010) Typhoon Kong-rey (2024) Tropical Storm Koni; Typhoon Koppu (2009) Typhoon Koryn (1993) Typhoon Krosa (2007) Typhoon Krovanh (2003) Tropical ...
Typhoon Koinu, known in the Philippines as Typhoon Jenny, was a strong and damaging tropical cyclone that made landfall on the southern tip of Taiwan and affected Hong Kong. Koinu, a replacement name for Tembin which means puppy or Canis Minor in Japanese, was the fourteenth named storm and ninth typhoon of the inactive 2023 Pacific typhoon ...
The 2022–23 South Pacific cyclone season was a below-average but very destructive tropical cyclone season that featured one of the costliest tropical cyclones in the Southern Hemisphere on record. The season officially started on November 1, 2022, and ended April 30, 2023; however, a tropical cyclone could form at any time between July 1 ...