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31 Killed by Typhoon Nida in Phillipines Philippines (HDW) May 21, 2004 - The 150-kilometre-per-hour winds of Typhoon Nida brought death and destruction to the Philippines this week. At least 31 people were killed, and hundreds more were made homeless as the storm passed across the eastern part of the country on Wednesday. This image of the eye of the Typhoon was captured on Tuesday 18 May. The storm caused floods, landslides and agricultural damage. Thousands of people were evacuated, houses were destroyed, trees overturned and a ferry was reported capsized off the town of Canotes on the island of Cebu. Nida then switched direction to head in the direction of Japan. Philippines typhoon Typhoon is the term used for a tropical cyclone with
winds of 119 km per hour or more, arising in the western North Pacific
Ocean. The equivalent named in the North Atlantic or elsewhere in the
Northern Hemisphere is hurricane. Winds begin rushing inwards and upwards around this
low-pressure zone. The spin of the wind is encouraged by the Coriolis
effect of the Earth’s rotation – counter-clockwise in the
Northern Hemisphere, clockwise in the Southern Hemisphere.
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