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2021 Pacific Typhoon Season
The 2021 Pacific typhoon season was the second consecutive to have below average tropical cyclone activity, with twenty-two tropical cyclone naming, named storms, and was the least active since 2011 Pacific typhoon season, 2011. Nine became typhoons, and five of those intensified into super typhoons. This low activity was caused by a strong La Niña that had persisted from the previous year. The season's first named storm, Tropical Storm Dujuan (2021), Dujuan, developed on February 16, while the last named storm, Typhoon Rai, Rai, dissipated on December 21. The season's first typhoon, Typhoon Surigae, Surigae, reached typhoon status on April 16. It became the first super typhoon of the year on the next day, also becoming the Tropical cyclones in 2021, strongest tropical cyclone in 2021. Surigae was also the most powerful tropical cyclone on record in the Northern Hemisphere for the month of April. Typhoon In-fa, Typhoons In-fa and Typhoon Rai, Rai are responsible for more than half ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Typhoon Surigae
Typhoon Surigae, known in the Philippines as Super Typhoon Bising, was the strongest Northern Hemisphere tropical cyclone to form before the month of May, one of the most intense tropical cyclones on record and the strongest tropical cyclone worldwide in 2021. The second named storm, first typhoon and the first super typhoon of the 2021 Pacific typhoon season, Surigae originated from a low-pressure area south of the Micronesian island of Woleai that organized into a tropical depression on April 12. At 18:00 UTC that day, it strengthened to a tropical storm and was named ''Surigae'' by the JMA. The formation of an eye and increasing winds prompted the JMA to upgrade the system to a severe tropical storm on April 13. The storm proceeded to gradually strengthen, and late on April 15, Surigae became a typhoon. Very favorable environmental conditions then allowed Surigae to rapidly intensify; on the next day Surigae became a super typhoon, and by April 17, the storm reached its peak ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
