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(Sarah of the Clue Crew shows time-elapse satellite imagery of a storm on the monitor.) On November 5, 2013, with 74-plus-mile-per-hour winds, the storm called Haiyan was classified as this; winds hit 195 miles per hour by the time it reached the Philippines |
a typhoon
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$800 |
J |
DANGEROUS WEATHER |
2015-01-21 |
#6988 |
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(Cheryl of the Clue Crew shows satellite video of storm movement on two monitors at the Weather Channel in Atlanta, GA.) A tropical storm in the North Atlantic that reaches 74 miles per hour is called a hurricane; if it'sherein the Northwest Pacific, it's classified as this |
a typhoon
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$400 |
DJ |
THE WEATHER CHANNEL |
2007-10-22 |
#5316 |
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(Jeff Probst reports from Palau.) Luckily, Palau is outside the zone of these storms, whose name comes from a Chinese word that means "great wind" |
typhoon
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$800 |
J |
WEATHER WORDS |
2006-09-11 |
#5056 |
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From a Cantonese word, it's a severe tropical hurricane, especially one in the China Sea |
a typhoon
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$400 |
J |
WEATHER |
1990-12-04 |
#1442 |
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Meteorological term for a tropical cyclone that occurs in the Western North Pacific Ocean |
a typhoon
DD
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$800 |
DJ |
WEATHER |
1990-10-05 |
#1400 |
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This term for a tropical cyclone is the Far East equivalent of a "hurricane" |
a typhoon
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$600 |
DJ |
WEATHER |
1989-07-03 |
#1131 |
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This storm's name combines the Chinese words "ta", meaning "great", & "fung", meaning "wind" |
typhoon
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$200 |
DJ |
WEATHER |
1986-10-22 |
#488 |