Understanding Typhoons

TYPHOON Causes And Mechanisms, Impacts And Effects, And Mitigation

What is Typhoon? •

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 Tropical Cyclones that develops  Tropical dev elops in the north-western part of the Pacic Ocean between 180° and 100°E !n the Philippines" tropical cyclones #typhoons$ are called bagyo bagyo The ter% ba&yo" a 'ilipino word %eanin& typhoon arose after a 1(11 stor% in the city of )a&*io had a record rainfall of +, inches within a +-ho*r period

What is Typhoon? •

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 Tropical Cyclones that develops  Tropical dev elops in the north-western part of the Pacic Ocean between 180° and 100°E !n the Philippines" tropical cyclones #typhoons$ are called bagyo bagyo The ter% ba&yo" a 'ilipino word %eanin& typhoon arose after a 1(11 stor% in the city of )a&*io had a record rainfall of +, inches within a +-ho*r period

Typhoons are cate&ori.ed cate& ori.ed into ve/ Cate&ory 1 - Tropical epression -s*stains winds between 11( and 12 3%4ho*r #3%4h$ !t is the rst notable sta&e in the for%ation of a h*rricane#5ora3ot$  Cate&ory  - Tropical Tropical 6tor% #T6$ - has winds between 1+ and 177 3%4h -a tropical stor% is a syste% of intense th*nderstor%s that pro&ressively intensies Cate&ory 2 - 6tron& Typhoon - stron& typhoon is a syste% of low press*re and intense winds #between 178 and 0( 3%4h$#5ae%i-6o*th 9orea$ •

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Cate&ory + - !ntense Typhoon #or :*rricane$ -n intense typhoon s*stains hi&h winds of 10 to +( 3%4h and is classied as a cate&ory- stor%" which carries the hi&hest ele%ent of ris3 Cate&ory  - ;iolent Typhoon - violent typhoon is characteri.ed by winds eected

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 These are the $# typhoons hits in the "hilippines (.)./ •

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