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Greatest Frequency of Typhoons in the China Seas The typhoons of the China Seas are revolving storms of great violence. The majority originate among the island groups of the western Pacific, between about 6° and 20° N. lat., and especially among the Ladrone and Western Caroline Islands. Their tracks lie at first towards the west-north-west? they generally pass near or across the Philippine Islands and either strike the coast of China or ‘re-curve’ over the ocean and continue north-eastwards towards Japan, growing in size and decreasing in intensity. They may occur in any month, but are most frequent from July to October and especially in September. Many ships have been lost during typhoons, and over the land they cause violent rains and disastrous floods. The tropical cyclones of the Bay of Bengal also reach their greatest frequency in September, but individual storms are rarely so severe as later in the year.
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Calendar of Nature Topics. Nature 132, 361–362 (1933). https://doi.org/10.1038/132361a0
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/132361a0