2014 Pacific typhoon season
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The 2014 Pacific typhoon season was a slightly below average season in terms of named storms, but featured the highest amount of Category 5 typhoons since 1997. This was mainly due to a developing El
Lingling 2014 01 18 0210Z
Kajiki Jan 31 2014 0440Z
Faxai Mar 4 2014 0305Z
Caloy Mar 21 2014 0220Z
Typhoon Vongfong (2014)
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Typhoon Vongfong, known in the Philippines as Super Typhoon Ompong, was the most intense tropical cyclone worldwide in 2014, and struck Japan as a large tropical system. It also indirectly affected th
2014 Pacific typhoon season
…typhoons. In fact, this season saw the most storms reaching Category 5 intensity on the Saffir–Simpson scale (seven–Neoguri, Rammasun, Halong, Genevieve, Vongfong, Nuri and Hagupit) since 1997. Two of those were notable; Rammasun became one of only four Category 5 typhoons recorded in the South China Sea with the…
Vongfong at peak intensity on October 8
Typhoon Vongfong as seen from the International Space Station on October 9.
Typhoon Vongfong approaching Kyushu, Japan on October 12