Question: Recently, the typhoon ‘Mitag’ hit which country?
(a) South Korea
(b)Taiwan
(c) Singapore
(d) Manila
Answer: (b)
Related facts:
- Typhoon Mitag, categorized by Taiwan’s weather bureau as the second-strongest typhoon level, approached the coast of the northeastern county of Yilan with maximum winds of 162 kmh (100 mph) on 30th September 2019.
- Mitag was moving across the ocean in a north-northwesterly direction at 25 kmph (15 mph) and could gain strength as it approaches the island.
- The bureau issued wind and rain warnings for greater Taipei, the northern port city of Keelung, and other northern counties.
- After passing over Taiwan, the typhoon headed towards China’s eastern city of Shanghai (on mainland China), then weakening as it moves toward South Korea and Japan.
- Typhoons regularly hit Taiwan, China, the Philippines and Japan in the second half of the year, gathering strength from the warm waters of the Pacific Ocean or South China Sea.
- Typhoon is the regional names for Tropical Cyclones that occurs in Western Pacific and South China Sea i.e. in Philippines islands, eastern China and Japan the tropical cyclones are called typhoons.
- A typhoon is a mature tropical cyclone that develops between 180° and 100°E in the Northern Hemisphere.
- This region is referred to as Northwestern Pacific Basin which is the most active tropical cyclone basin on Earth. This region accounts for almost one-third (33%) of the world’s annual tropical cyclones.
Links:
https://www.cnbc.com/2019/09/30/taiwan-orders-markets-schools-closed-as-strong-typhoon-approaches.html
https://www.news18.com/news/world/taiwan-orders-markets-schools-closed-as-strong-typhoon-mitag-approaches-2327753.html
http://focustaiwan.tw/news/asoc/201909300004.aspx