Typhoon Gaemi blew through northern Taiwan, bringing floods., UPSC.

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Typhoon Gaemi

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Context: Taiwan has seen flooding in low-lying areas, along with landslides and building damage after Typhoon Gaemi made landfall on the island.

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Typhoon Gaemi, known in the Philippines as Super Typhoon Carina, is an active tropical cyclone that is currently threatening Taiwan.
Swept through northern Taiwan, killing two people, triggering flooding.
It is the strongest typhoon to hit the island in eight years.
Origin: Gaemi started as a tropical disturbance near Palau on July 19.

Palau is an island country in the Micronesia subregion of Oceania in the western Pacific.

How Typhoons are different from Hurricanes and Cyclones.

Hurricanes, Cyclones and Typhoons are the same weather phenomenon: tropical cyclones.

Characteristics classification

The weakest tropical cyclones are called tropical depressions.
If a depression intensifies such that its maximum sustained winds reach 39 miles per hour, the tropical cyclone becomes a tropical storm.
Once a tropical cyclone reaches maximum sustained winds of 74 miles per hour or higher, it is then classified as a hurricane, typhoon, or tropical cyclone, depending upon where the storm originates in which region.

Differentiation by Name

In the North Atlantic, central North Pacific, and eastern North Pacific, the term hurricane is used.
The same type of disturbance in the Northwest Pacific is called a Typhoon.
In the South Pacific and Indian Ocean, the generic term Tropical cyclone is used

Sources:

The Hindu.

PRACTICE QUESTION

Q. How many of the following are the some initial conditions for the emergence of a tropical cyclone:

1. Weak Coriolis force.

2. Absence of strong vertical wind wedge.

3. Large and continuous supply of warm and moist air.

Select the correct answer using the correct codes given below:

A.Only one

B.Only two

C.All three