Meanings of super typhoon in English

The observatory's super typhoon status is given when wind speeds exceed 114mph.

The observatory's super typhoon status is given when wind speeds exceed 185km per hour.

Hagibis intensified unusually fast, going from tropical storm to super typhoon in just 18 hours.

Before residents had a chance to recover, super typhoon Nalgae struck the Philippines on Saturday.

The super typhoon is expected to hit Japan on Saturday with winds of up to 270kph.

As super typhoon Hagibis hits Japan, the upcoming All Blacks game against Italy has been cancelled.

Three people have been killed and thousands have fled their homes as super typhoon Megi batters the Philippines

Thousands of Filipinos have begun evacuating the northern coast of the main island in preparation for a super typhoon.

In 2013, super typhoon Haiyan claimed more than 7,350 lives.

Federal assistance given to the Northern Marianas in the wake of super typhoon Yutu could top US$100 million.

The category-five super typhoon whipped up waves as high as five metres that lashed the islands of Leyte and Samar.

A storm heading towards southern China has strengthened to a super typhoon as it approaches the provinces of Hainan and Guangdong.

Extreme events include super typhoon Haiyan, one of the most intense in history that smashed into the Philippines last Friday, it said.

I fully expect that from inside the stadium on Sunday you would not know that there had just been a super typhoon.

Yet September's super typhoon brought unprecedented flooding and damage across the city, felling trees, shattering windows on commercial towers and paralyzing transport networks.

While it briefly weakened, on Wednesday it again built up to a category 5 super typhoon and shows no sign of losing power.