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Typhoon Talas

04-09-2011 12:34PM

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John mac

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From the bbc

The storm brought heavy rain and winds of up to 108km/h (68mph) after making landfall on Shikoku island on Saturday.

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#2 04-09-2011 06:41PM

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Surprised these don't get that much coverage they are far more powerful than most Atlantic storms.

Accuweather used to cover them, but they only show Atlantic and near coast Pacific storms nowadays.

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#3 04-09-2011 06:44PM

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From the space station
September 2, around 9pm CDT

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#4 04-09-2011 06:49PM

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It should be noted too that a typhoon of say 100 mph winds is stronger than an Atlantic hurricane of 100 mph winds. Sounds crazy, but it's true. Typhoons are quoted on 10-minute mean speeds, Atlantic hurricanes are 1-minute. It's much easier to attain a speed of 100 mph using a 1-minute average, so that's why they'll generally be weaker than an "equal" typhoon! I think there's around a 10% difference if I remember correctly.

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