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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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