The storm has central Taiwan in its sights.
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In early July 2016, storm clouds churned above the western Pacific Ocean as a super typhoon swept toward Taiwan.
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Typhoon Nida brought strong winds and rain to southern China, causing travel delays in Hong Kong.
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A map reveals the wind fields of storms that marched across the Pacific Ocean in late summer 2015.
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Severe Storms
Although Mirinae was weakening, its winds maintained the classic spiral structure associated with well-organized tropical cyclones in this image of the storm’s wind structure on November 1, 2009.
This image depicts winds associated with Typhoon Melor on October 7, 2009.
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As this wind speed image illustrates, Tropical Storm Parma still had a core of strong winds on October 5, 2009.
In July 2016, Super Typhoon Nepartak became the season’s first major storm to strike the northeast Pacific.
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Strong winds surround a calm center in this image of Tropical Storm Molave over the Philippines on July 17, 2009.
Acquired August 6, 2012, this image shows Haikui approaching the China coast, just a few days after two other severe storms made landfall.