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typhoon

[tahy-foon] / taɪˈfun /


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Work and classes were suspended in nearly all of Taiwan's 22 counties and cities on Friday - what's colloquially known as a "typhoon holiday" - as Champi approached the island.

From BBC ● Oct. 23, 2026

A typhoon in the Philippines and flooding in Brazil.

From Barron's ● Oct. 15, 2026

He was on a crew of typhoon trackers in Guam.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 2, 2026

The typhoon halted transportation across the region – 1,400 flights were cancelled in Shanghai alone.

From BBC ● Aug. 10, 2026

A hundred smithereens of darkness, they broke apart and re-formed and siphoned themselves into a little typhoon that swept down toward the rooftops of Weep, whirling and wheeling on soft twilight wings.

From "Strange the Dreamer" by Laini Taylor

Ayumi T, who lives in Tokyo, has kept an emergency bag for years in case of events like earthquakes, typhoons and extreme heat.

From BBC ● Oct. 31, 2026

Champi is the latest in a string of intense typhoons as a Super El Niño heats up the Pacific Ocean and fuels storms.

From BBC ● Oct. 23, 2026

Container freight rates are surging on strong cargo volumes ahead of anticipated changes to U.S.-China tariffs and supply disruptions caused by typhoons in China, the analyst writes in a note.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 14, 2026

Industry officials blamed typhoons, which hit key ube farming regions.

From Barron's ● Oct. 6, 2026

If the land floods during typhoons, villagers help their neighbors by hoisting the house onto their shoulders with wooden poles and walking it to its next spot.

From "The House That Lou Built" by Mae Respicio


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