On the afternoons of July 14 and 18, when rammasun was near the coast of Wenchang, the typhoon center was damaged by strong winds to varying degrees, and the ground meteorological observation instruments could not completely record the maximum wind near the typhoon center.
Therefore, in the real-time typhoon intensity analysis at that time, the intensity of "rammasun" landing in Wengtian Town, Wenchang City, Hainan Province was determined to be above 17 (62m/s), which was the strongest typhoon landing in South China since 1973.
Typhoon rammasun was an extreme typhoon event with strong intensity, strong wind and strong destructive power when it landed in Hainan. Typhoon rammasun was an extreme typhoon event with strong intensity, strong wind and strong destructive power when it landed in Hainan.
The name of the typhoon
Typhoons and hurricanes are tropical cyclones, but they happen in different places and have different names. It is called a typhoon in the west of the North Pacific Ocean and the west of the international international date line, including the South China Sea and the East China Sea. Tropical cyclones in the Atlantic Ocean or the eastern North Pacific Ocean are called hurricanes, which means hurricanes in the United States and typhoons in the Philippines, China and Japan. If it is in the southern hemisphere, it is called a whirlwind.
Different places, times and names. Tropical cyclones that occur in the northwest Pacific (west of international date line) including the South China Sea are called "typhoons"; For example, it is called "typhoon" in East Asia and Southeast Asia.
Tropical cyclones in the central and eastern Atlantic Ocean or the North Pacific Ocean are called hurricanes. In other words, typhoons are called "hurricanes" in Europe and North America. It is called "cyclone storm" in the Bay of Bengal.
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