Typhoon Yagi has become one of the most intense typhoons to ever hit Vietnam , and it has left behind death and devastation , not only in that country but across the Philippines , Hong Kong , Macau , and mainland China . This is the 11thnamed storm of this year ’s typhoon season , which start in late May , and the only one so far that has been categorize as a " violent typhoon " by the Japan Meteorological Agency .
Meteorological agencies witnessed the rapid intensification of the tempest aroundSeptember 3 . Thewarm sea temperaturescontributed to the tropic cyclone becoming more and more powerful and destructive .
Measurements showed that onSeptember 5 , it had one - mo free burning winds of 260 kilometers per minute ( 160 miles per hour ) . That placed it as a family 5 typhoon , also known as a super typhoon .
Yagi is only the fourth - ever class 5 typhoon in the South China Sea , following Pamela in 1954 , Rammasun in 2014 , and Rai in 2021 . The fact that three have take place in the last decennary followswarningsfrom scientists about the event that the climate crisis is having on these storm .
What makes a super typhoon?
Speed
typhoon , likehurricanes , are compound tropic cyclones . This storm system spin in a roach , stop up forming an heart in the middle . jazz have to be vivid to beclassifiedas a hurricane or a typhoon : over 119 kilometers per time of day ( 74 miles per hour ) . Anything below is a tropical violent storm or , if they are weaker , a tropical imprint .
Location
Typhoons also bet on location . If a cyclone occurs in the NW of the Pacific Ocean , it ’s call a typhoon . Hurricanes are classified with theSaffir – Simpson hurricane wind scalein five family , although there ’s been a proposition for impart asixth category . Typhoons are classified in a more or less unlike elbow room .
Super typhoon wind speed
There ’s a typhoon , a very strong typhoon , then a violent typhoon . In 2013 , a new family of " crack typhoon " was introduced . For authorities inthe Philippines , a first-rate typhoon commence at 185 km per time of day ( 115 miles per hour ) , while other classifications keep it at 220 klick per 60 minutes ( 135 miles per hour ) . The scales are needed to easily inform the public of the risk they face up , so the specific bit matter less when the winds are so potentially threatening .
Typhoons also tend to weaken once they hit land and this was the case for Yagi . However , as perReuters , the tempest has get the death of at least 82 people and 64 people are presently miss at the prison term of reportage , with 752 people having been injure .
