Typhoons and hurricanes are the same weather phenomenon: tropical cyclones (热带气旋). However, they go by different names 1 where they occur.
Typhoons develop in the northwestern part of the Pacific Ocean. They most 2 occur from late June to December. When winds blow into warm seawater, a lot of warm, moist air evaporates and 3 rapidly, while colder air moves in below. This creates.4 causing the winds to move very quickly. The more warm air and moisture there is, the more5 the winds. When the winds move faster than 119 kilometers per hour, a typhoon is formed. If a typhoon 6 241 kilometers per hour, then it becomes a super typhoon.
The 7of a typhoon is called the "eye". This is right in the middle of a typhoon and is 8 . In the "eye", the wind does not move so fast. Around the "eye" is the 9 of clouds. This is where the strongest winds and hardest rains are found. The rain bands are the outer part of a typhoon that 10 with it.
Typhoons do bring water to people, but they also can be very 11 . They 12 houses and cars, and even kill people. For example, tropical storm Megi hit the Philippines in April. More than 220 people died from. 13 and flooding caused by the typhoon.
China is also one of the countries most affected by typhoons. The 14 time for typhoons landing is from July to September.15 , China's coastal residents face 10 typhoon landings each year.
