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The impacts of Typhoon Koppu
Typhoon Koppu made landfall in the early hours of Sunday (local time) close to Casiguran in northern Philippines as an intense Typhoon. At landfall it was equivalent to a category 4 Hurricane with sustained winds averaged over a minute estimated … Continue reading
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Tagged destructive winds, heavy rain, hurricane force winds, Met Office, Pacific Typhoons, rain, rainfall, severe weather, Storm surge, Typhoon, wet, wind
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Typhoon Koppu heads to the Philippines
The very active tropical cyclone season in the North Pacific Ocean is continuing with the development of typhoons Koppu and Champi in the last few days. Typhoon Champi has just crossed the Mariana Islands, but is not expected to threaten … Continue reading
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Tagged heavy rain, Pacific Typhoons, Philippines, rain, rainfall, Storm, storms, tropical cyclone, tropical storm, Typhoon, wind
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Typhoon Dujuan strikes Taiwan
Typhoon Dujuan has today (Monday 28 September) made landfall over Taiwan on the western rim of the Pacific Ocean with sustained winds well in excess of 100 mph. Dujuan is expected to drop large amounts of rainfall – 500mm is … Continue reading
Active Pacific tropical cyclone season continues
Early September marks the half way point in the northern hemisphere tropical cyclone season and is often the time when we see the highest levels of activity – so how is this season shaping up? As reported in a news … Continue reading
Typhoon heads for Japanese volcano
Typhoon Goni, which was located just east of Taiwan on Sunday morning, is expected to track across the western side of Kyushu Island in SW Japan through Monday. There is a risk it could bring up to 200mm of rainfall in … Continue reading
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Tagged hurricane, Japan, Japan Meteorological Agency, Japanese typhoon, Japanese weather, Philippines, rainfall, tropical, Typhoon, volcano
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Taiwan preparing for violent Typhoon
A Typhoon is expected to bring flooding to parts of Taiwan and eastern China later this week with 500-700mm of rain forecast. Typhoon Soudelor is at the moment moving through the northwestern Pacific Ocean and looks likely to track across … Continue reading
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Tagged china, eastern China, flooding, heavy rain, rain, Storm, Taiwan, tropical cyclone, Typhoon, Typhoon Soudelor, wind
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Typhoon Nangka makes landfall over Japan
In our blogs of 9 July and 13 July we described how the developing El Niño and a cyclical phenomenon known as the Madden-Julian Oscillation have combined to produce a period of high tropical cyclone activity in the Pacific. Nine … Continue reading
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Tagged hurricane, Japan, Met Office, nangka, tropical storm, Typhoon
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Multiple tropical cyclones in the Pacific
The Pacific Ocean has seen a lot of early season tropical cyclone activity with a total of 11 cyclones forming before the end of June. This included some intense systems such as typhoons Higos, Maysak, Noul and Dolphin in the … Continue reading
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Tagged 2015, cyclone, hurricane, Met Office, tropical storm, Typhoon
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Powerful super-typhoon heads for Philippines
There is currently a super typhoon in the western North Pacific called Maysak. This is a particularly strong storm for the time of year with winds in excess of 160 mph. The strongest storms in this region usually occur between … Continue reading
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Tagged hurricane, maysak, Met Office, pacific, Philippines, record, satellite, Storm, super-typhoon, Typhoon, weather
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