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- Dictionarytyphoon/tʌɪˈfuːn/
noun
- 1. a tropical storm in the region of the Indian or western Pacific oceans.
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Mature tropical cyclone that forms in the Western North Pacific Ocean, with winds of at least 118 km/h
A typhoon is a tropical cyclone that develops between 180° and 100°E in the Northern Hemisphere and which produces sustained hurricane-force winds of at least 119 km/h (74 mph). This region is referred to as the Northwestern Pacific Basin, accounting for almost one third of the world's tropical cyclones. The term hurricane refers to a tropical cyclone (again with sustained winds of at least 119 km... Wikipedia