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A weather phenomenon in the northwestern Pacific that is precisely equivalent to a hurricane, which results in wind speeds of 64 knots (118 km/h) or above. Equivalent to a cyclone in the Indian Ocean and Indonesia/Australia.

The Philippines are visited on the average by twenty or more typhoons annually.

Out here in Southern Kyushu we 've typhoons [hurricanes] .

He is also the father of dangerous winds (typhoons), and by later writers is identified with the Egyptian Seth.

In summer, it bakes in its own heat before the arrival of autumn heralds a wave of powerful typhoons.

A calamitous atmospheric feature is the periodical arrival of storms called typhoons (Japanese tai-fu or great wind).

Specifically, it named the powerful typhoons that in 1274 and 1281 destroyed the Mongol fleets that were set to invade Japan.

The meteorological record for ten years ended 1905 shows a total of 120 typhoons, being an average of 12 annually.

Maximum sustained winds were near 90 knots and was one of the strongest typhoons to impact the region in several years.

Also the costs of Japanese typhoons could increase by around two-thirds to reach £ 19 billion.

Alf was one of a party of POW's who were tragically attacked by RAF typhoons when they were being marched to another camp.

The native 's traditional homes are underground in order to offer safe refuge from the severe typhoons that ravage the area every autumn.

This system allowed them to make very accurate predictions about earthly changes such as typhoons and other storms, as well as the best time for farmers to plant and harvest crops.

It forms part of the long line of islands which are interposed as a protective barrier between the Asiatic coast and the outer Pacific, and is the cause of the immunity from typhoons enjoyed by the ports of China from Amoy to the Yellow Sea.

The sea immediately south of Formosa is the birthplace of innumerable typhoons, but the high mountains of the island protect it partially against the extreme violence of the wind.

Impacted by summer typhoons and winter snowstorms, the park requires careful environmental conservation and maintenance of hiking trails.

In Annam the rainy season begins during September and lasts for three or four months, corresponding with the northeast monsoon and also with a period of typhoons.

A uniformly high temperature, excessive humidity, heavy rainfalls and violent tropical storms, known as typhoons or baguios, are characteristic of the Philippine climate.

Out here in Southern Kyushu we 've typhoons [hurricanes ].

Alf was one of a party of POW 's who were tragically attacked by RAF Typhoons when they were being marched to another camp.

The native's traditional homes are underground in order to offer safe refuge from the severe typhoons that ravage the area every autumn.

In the months before our visit Taiwan was hit by a few typhoons and a lot of people were killed.