Question: Typhoon Megi was named by..?
a) Japan Meteorological Agency
b) Chinese Meteorological Agency
c) Taiwan Meteorological Agency
d) None of the above.
Ans: (a)
Related facts:
- Typhoon Megi, known in the Philippines as Typhoon Helen, was a large and powerful tropical cyclone which affected Taiwan and China in late September 2016.
- It is the seventeenth named storm and the seventh typhoon of the annual typhoon season.
- A tropical disturbance formed northeast of Pohnpei (island) on September 19.
- Two days later the Japan Meteorological Agency (JMA) upgraded the low-pressure area to a tropical depression early on September 21, and the Joint Typhoon Warning Center (JTWC) also issued a Tropical Cyclone Formation Alert shortly after that.
- The JMA upgraded the system to a tropical storm and named it Megi early on September 23.
- However, despite being under excellent environmental conditions, Megi stopped intensifying further since September 25.
- Located in an area of low vertical wind shear and above warm sea surface temperatures near 30ºC, diurnal weakening of convection continued to occur, especially over the northern half of the system.
- Shortly before Megi made landfall over Hualien City it had already intensified into a stronger typhoon with one-minute maximum sustained winds at 205 km/h (125 mph) indicated by the JTWC, equivalent to Category 3 of the Saffir–Simpson hurricane wind scale.
- Subsequently, interaction with the high mountains of Taiwan caused Megi to weaken significantly and it made landfall over Hui’an County of Quanzhou, China as a minimal typhoon.
- Megi has caused widespread disruption in Taiwan and China. Thirteen people have been confirmed dead in two landslides in southeastern China and 20 people missing. In Taiwan, five people died in falls and other accidents during the storm and three in a landslide in southern Kaohsiung County.
Reference:
http://www.reuters.com/article/us-asia-storm-china-idUSKCN11Y1Y6
http://mashable.com/2016/09/26/typhoon-megi-hits-taiwan/#5FVcGodLm8qj
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Typhoon_Megi_(2016)