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Some English linguists proposed the English word typhoon traced to the Cantonese pronunciation of 颱風 [tʰɔi fuŋ] (correspond to Mandarin [tʰaɪ fɤŋ]), in turn the Cantonese word traced to Arabic. [13] This claim contradicts the fact that the Cantonese term for typhoon was 風舊 [fuŋ kɐu] before the national promotion of 颱風. [8]
For the intensity scale, PAGASA lowered the threshold wind speed for classifying super typhoons from 220 km/h to 185 km/h and defined a super typhoon as an extreme tropical cyclone with 10-minute maximum sustained winds reaching 185 km/h or greater (the range of wind speed for typhoon category is consequently adjusted to 118–184 km/h).
Videos and photos posted on Twitter show the destruction left behind by Typhoon Mawar in Guam. The storm, which contained sustained wind speeds of 140 miles per hour and wind gusts of up to 165 ...
Guangdong continued to set up the White typhoon alert for typhoon, indicating that tropical cyclones may affect the area within 48 hours. In some inland areas that are less affected by tropical cyclones (such as Qinghai , etc.), there is no typhoon warning signal, but when it is hit by tropical cyclones, a strong wind warning signal will be issued.
Typhoon Mawar brings lightning and heavy gusts as it passes close to Guam. 06:00, Andrea Blanco. Video by cyclone interceptor James Reynolds shows lightning and havy gusts of wind as Typhoon Mawar ...
Typhoon Ewiniar, known in the Philippines as Typhoon Aghon, was a fairly strong tropical cyclone that impacted parts of the Philippines, particularly Luzon, in May 2024. The first named storm and typhoon of the annual typhoon season , Ewiniar emerged from an area of atmospheric convection 441 km (274 mi) southeast of Palau .
Rescue operations were underway after Typhoon Talim made landfall in China's southern Guangdong province Monday. Talim left streets inundated with water, a whale was washed ashore and a freezer ...
Typhoon Toraji, known in the Philippines as Typhoon Nika, was a fairly strong tropical cyclone that impacted the Philippines in early November 2024. It was the fourth tropical cyclone in a series to impact the Philippines, following Tropical Storm Trami and Typhoons Kong-rey , Yinxing , Usagi , and Man-yi which had occurred just a few days earlier.