TYPHOON MANGKHUT

Sept. 17, 2018

Typhoon Mangkhut has hit Guangdong province of China after ravaging Hong Kong and claiming 64 lives in the Philippines.

About:

Hurricanes, cyclones, and typhoons are all the same weather phenomenon; Just different names are used for these storms in different places.
In the Atlantic and Northeast Pacific, the term “hurricane” is used.
The same type of disturbance in the Northwest Pacific is called a “typhoon” and “cyclones” occur in the South Pacific and Indian Ocean.

Source : All India Radio

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