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Typhoon


An intense tropical weather system with a well-defined circulation and maximum sustained winds of 74 miles per hour (64 knots or higher in the Northwest Pacific Ocean (west of the International Date Line).

In other parts of the world, they are known as hurricanes, tropical cyclones and severe tropical cyclones.