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Charles "Chip" Guard, 80, a meteorologist who for years worked for the National Weather Service in Guam, remembers 11 super typhoons in the Pacific in 1997.
From Barron's ● Jul. 7, 2026
These layers offer abundant information about environmental changes, allowing researchers to reconstruct extreme weather events such as typhoons and conduct research into ancient climate patterns.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 22, 2026
Taiwan regularly experiences typhoons during the summer, while winter monsoon seasons bring large waves and colder waters.
From Science Daily ● May 27, 2026
In other parts of the world these storms are given different names - for instance, typhoons in the north-west Pacific, near Japan and China, or cyclones in the Indian Ocean and around Australia.
From BBC ● May 21, 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
