typhoon
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Though it has weakened to a Category 1 typhoon, it still presents a risk because of the huge volume of moisture within its rain bands.
From BBC ● Jul. 11, 2026
Bavi had been on track on Friday to be the largest typhoon to hit Taiwan in more than 30 years, but since then its strong-wind radius has shrunk to 350 kilometres, Cheng said.
From Barron's ● Jul. 11, 2026
Hundreds of thousands of people have been evacuated from areas of eastern China as a powerful typhoon - the country's second in a week - barrels towards the coast.
From BBC ● Jul. 11, 2026
Five people were killed in a landslide in the Philippines, and hundreds in Taiwan were evacuated from their homes, as the biggest typhoon in decades swept towards the region on Friday.
From Barron's ● Jul. 10, 2026
When a typhoon caused major flooding in the area in October 2019, hundreds of bags were swept into a river.
From "Meltdown" by Deirdre Langeland
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These layers offer abundant information about environmental changes, allowing researchers to reconstruct extreme weather events such as typhoons and conduct research into ancient climate patterns.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 22, 2026
In other parts of the world these storms are given different names - for instance, typhoons in the north-west Pacific, near Japan and China, or cyclones in the Indian Ocean and around Australia.
From BBC ● May 21, 2026
Shooting on location meant dealing with typhoons, scorpions and snakes, and working with kids meant shorter work days.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 4, 2026
In November, back-to-back typhoons drove flooding that killed nearly 300 people in the archipelago nation, while a 6.9-magnitude quake in late September toppled buildings and killed 79 people around the city of Cebu.
From Barron's ● Dec. 29, 2025
If the land floods during typhoons, villagers help their neighbors by hoisting the house onto their shoulders with wooden poles and walking it to its next spot.
From "The House That Lou Built" by Mae Respicio
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