In meteorological terms, a super-typhoon is a tropical cyclone in the Western Pacific Ocean with sustained winds of at least 150 miles per hour. Imagine the power of these winds, capable of ...

The origins of this jet stream and the storm system itself can be traced back to Typhoon Songda, which spun up over the western Pacific on Oct. 8 and intensified into a super typhoon before weakening.

Currently, most typhoons brew over the Western Pacific, which includes the waters east of the Philippines, said Dr Dhrubajyoti Samanta, senior research fellow at EOS and another co-author of the ...

Super Typhoon Vongfong is now the strongest Pacific ... The storm is projected to move across the western Pacific Ocean and track north toward Japan before making landfall later this week.

As Tropical Storm Barijat moved closer to the city on Wednesday evening the Hong Kong Observatory issued the No 3 typhoon signal indicating strong winds. Meanwhile Taiwan braces for Super Typhoon ...

An alert was issued against high waves, landslides and flooding of rivers in Pacific coastal ... and Yamaguchi Prefecture in western Japan. The JMA said the typhoon could make landfall sometime ...

Approaching from the Pacific Ocean, Typhoon No. 7 made landfall at the ... lashed wide swathes of central and western Japan with heavy rains and powerful winds. Power outages hit more than 21,000 ...

With Tropical Cyclone Kompasu shutting down the city, the Hong Kong Observatory has issued the No 8 Warning Signal for the second time in four days, following cyclone Lionrock, which caused one ...

In the Pacific and Indian Oceans, typhoons can affect all land masses from Asia to the Middle East to Australia. Hurricanes and typhoons can cause catastrophic damage to coastlines and several ...

A typhoon expected to cause chaos in Japan ... May until October in the Western Pacific and June to November is hurricane season in the Caribbean and Southern USA. It can take many months, or ...