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a hurricane that crossed the dateline and changed its passport
means a violent tropical cyclone occurring in the western Pacific or Indian Ocean — the same kind of storm called a hurricane in the Atlantic.
from A word with at least two roads that met in the middle. From the east, Cantonese 'tai fung' (大風), meaning 'big wind,' carried by sailors and traders. From the west, Greek 'Typhon' — the monstrous, storm-breathing giant of myth — which also gave Arabic and Persian 'tufan' for a great storm. English seems to have blended these streams over the 16th and 17th centuries, the Greek monster and the Chinese big wind reinforcing each other until one spelling settled the matter.
- same beast
- Typhoon, hurricane, cyclone differ only by ocean
- naming line
- West Pacific storms earn the typhoon title
- record monster
- Tip in 1979 spanned nearly half the US
- eye of calm
- Center is eerily clear, windless, and warm
- energy output
- Releases more heat energy than human power use
typhoon haiyan — philippines 2013, deadliest typhoon of that year with 6,300+ deaths
typhoon noru — japan and korea 2022, reached 155 mph winds in northwest pacific
typhoon tip — 1979 northwest pacific, largest typhoon ever recorded at 2,220 km diameter