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level: Typhoon

Questions and Answers List

Question	Answer
North Atlantic, Northeast Pacific	Hurricane
Northwest Pacific	Typhoon
Indian Ocean, South Atlantic	Cyclone
A phenomenon that causes fluids, like water and air, to curve as they travel across or above the Earth's surface	Coriolis Effect
wind speed up to 89 to 117 kph	Tropical Storm
wind speed up to 62 to 88 kph	Tropical Depression
wind speed up to 118 to 220 kph	Typhoon
wind speed up to 220 kph and above	Super Typhoon
area of lowest atmospheric pressure	Eye
bring heavy rains, strong winds, and turbulence shortly after the passage of the eye	Eyewall
Spiraling strips of clouds	Rain Bands
A severe weather disturbance characterized by strong winds and heavy rains which resolve around a central low-pressure area	Typhoon
localized unusal increase of the sea water level beyond the predicted astronomical tide level, primarily due to intesnse wind and lowered atmospheric pressure during the passage of an intense tropical cyclon from the sea to land	Storm surge