Typhoon khanun track

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The sixth named storm, and the fourth typhoon of the Pacific typhoon season. Khanun started as a low-pressure area in the Pacific Ocean. It rapidly intensified into a Category 4-equivalent typhoon on the Saffir—Simpson scale over the Philippine Sea on August 1, before undergoing an eyewall replacement cycle. Khanun weakened slightly as it moved closer to the Ryukyu Islands , battering them with heavy rain and strong winds. Khanun began to degrade its eye on satellite imagery due to quasi-stationary and warming cloud tops. Steady weakening continued as Khanun approached the Korean Peninsula and it eventually made landfall on Geojedo in South Korea.

Typhoon khanun track

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July 31, As a precautionary measure, people in the districts of Kaohsiung have been evacuated. The Moscow Times.

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August 8, JPEG. At the time, the storm was moving to the north-northwest and had maximum sustained winds of 80 kilometers 50 miles per hour. Facing warm sea surface temperatures and favorable wind conditions over the Yellow Sea, forecasters expect Khanun to intensify somewhat before making landfall. According to the The Korea Times , the approaching storm prompted the evacuation of tens of thousands of scouts participating in a jamboree in Samangeum. Forecasters have warned that all of South Korea is expected to feel the effects of the storm, with as much as millimeters 23 inches of rain expected to fall in some areas. Khanun is the sixth tropical storm of the typhoon season in the Northwest Pacific Ocean. Storm track data from Weather Underground. Story by Adam Voiland. View this area in EO Explorer. The storm is heading for South Korea after winding its way through the Ryukyu Islands.

Typhoon khanun track

The sixth named storm, and the fourth typhoon of the Pacific typhoon season. Khanun started as a low-pressure area in the Pacific Ocean. It rapidly intensified into a Category 4-equivalent typhoon on the Saffir—Simpson scale over the Philippine Sea on August 1, before undergoing an eyewall replacement cycle. Khanun weakened slightly as it moved closer to the Ryukyu Islands , battering them with heavy rain and strong winds. Khanun began to degrade its eye on satellite imagery due to quasi-stationary and warming cloud tops. Steady weakening continued as Khanun approached the Korean Peninsula and it eventually made landfall on Geojedo in South Korea. The storm dissipated shortly thereafter. Khanun became the first to pass through the Korean Peninsula from south to north since recordkeeping began in In South Korea, approximately 40, people lost power. At least different facilities were reportedly damaged.

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The Moscow Times. Retrieved August 4, Retrieved August 14, Read Edit View history. Retrieved August 18, — via Yahoo! Retrieved August 6, Archived from the original on August 8, More than 1. Archived from the original on July 27, The sixth named storm, and the fourth typhoon of the Pacific typhoon season. Tools Tools.

Flights and train services have been disrupted after Typhoon Khanun triggered heavy rain in southern regions of Japan and South Korea, just as another storm approached Tokyo ahead of the peak summer holiday season.

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Typhoon Khanun August 3, Archived from the original on July 26, Retrieved August 7, Steady weakening continued as Khanun approached the Korean Peninsula and it eventually made landfall on Geojedo in South Korea. Retrieved August 8, Forbes in Russian. State media in North Korea reported that Khanun also caused minor damage. It rapidly intensified into a Category 4-equivalent typhoon on the Saffir—Simpson scale over the Philippine Sea on August 1, before undergoing an eyewall replacement cycle. Archived from the original on August 7, August 11, Retrieved August 11,