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List Of Storms Named Nina
The name Nina has been used for twenty tropical cyclones worldwide: eighteen in the northwest Pacific Ocean (thirteen by the Joint Typhoon Warning Center and five by PAGASA), and one each in the South Pacific, in the Australian region, and in the northeast central Pacific Ocean. In the South Pacific: * Cyclone Nina (1979) - Brushed Vanuatu before curving eastwards In the Australian region: *Cyclone Nina (1992–93), a Category 4 cyclone that affected Queensland and several islands in Oceania. In the Central Pacific: * Hurricane Nina (1957) – a Category 1 hurricane in the Central Pacific; named as such because of the policy to use typhoon names for systems that would form in the Central Pacific Ocean. In the Western Pacific Ocean: * Typhoon Nina (1953) (T5307) – made landfall in China. * Typhoon Nina (1960) (T6025, 51W) – a strong typhoon that never made landfall. * Tropical Storm Nina (1963), Tropical Depression Nina (1963) – a tropical cyclone which was considered by ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tropical Cyclone
A tropical cyclone is a rapidly rotating storm system characterized by a low-pressure center, a closed low-level atmospheric circulation, strong winds, and a spiral arrangement of thunderstorms that produce heavy rain and squalls. Depending on its location and strength, a tropical cyclone is referred to by different names, including hurricane (), typhoon (), tropical storm, cyclonic storm, tropical depression, or simply cyclone. A hurricane is a strong tropical cyclone that occurs in the Atlantic Ocean or northeastern Pacific Ocean, and a typhoon occurs in the northwestern Pacific Ocean. In the Indian Ocean, South Pacific, or (rarely) South Atlantic, comparable storms are referred to simply as "tropical cyclones", and such storms in the Indian Ocean can also be called "severe cyclonic storms". "Tropical" refers to the geographical origin of these systems, which form almost exclusively over tropical seas. "Cyclone" refers to their winds moving in a circle, whirling round ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
