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Tropical Storm Polly (1992)
The name Polly has been used for thirteen Tropical cyclones worldwide, eleven in the Western North Pacific Ocean and two in the Australian region in the Southern Hemisphere. In the Western North Pacific: * Typhoon Polly (1952) * Typhoon Polly (1956) – made landfall in Philippines as a category 2 typhoon. * Typhoon Polly (1960) * Typhoon Polly (1963) (T6302, 09W, Auring) * Tropical Storm Polly (1965) (Tasing) * Tropical Storm Polly (1968) * Tropical Storm Polly (1971) (Trining) * Typhoon Polly (1974) * Tropical Storm Polly (1978) (T7803, 03W, Bising) – struck southern Japan. * Tropical Storm Polly (1992) (16W, Isang) – triggered devastating floods across Fujian and Zhejiang Provinces in China. * Typhoon Polly (1995) (18W, Ising) – approached Luzon before curving out to sea. In the Australian region: * Tropical Cyclone Polly (1971) – Category 2 tropical cyclone (Australian scale), formed in the Indian Ocean west of the Keeling Islands. * Cyclone Polly (1993) – Catego ... [...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] |
