{"id":346969,"date":"2025-09-27T17:05:01","date_gmt":"2025-09-27T11:35:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/?p=346969"},"modified":"2025-09-27T17:05:01","modified_gmt":"2025-09-27T11:35:01","slug":"tropical-cyclone-ragasa","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/tropical-cyclone-ragasa\/","title":{"rendered":"Tropical Cyclone Ragasa"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>News:<\/strong> Recently, Typhoon Ragasa weakened to a tropical depression over northeastern Vietnam but will still bring heavy rain to the northern provinces of Vietnam.<\/p>\n<h2>About Tropical Cyclone Ragasa<strong><br \/>\n<\/strong><\/h2>\n<figure style=\"width: 390px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/mediaen.vietnamplus.vn\/images\/4cee0ad12959b90c7ba270966fa526f170c4b8e39241acbfcc46709b7f779e0994d23bb5d21c9071db8fe2173c301fb4\/typhoon-bualoi.jpg?resize=390%2C236&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"PM orders preparedness as Typhoon Bualoi moving fast towards Vietnam ...\" width=\"390\" height=\"236\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Source: en.vietnamplus.vn<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<div class=\"faq_description \">\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Super Typhoon Ragasa,<\/strong> locally known as <strong>\u201cNando,\u201d<\/strong> is an intense<strong>\u00a0tropical cyclone<\/strong> that affected the <strong>northernmost parts of Luzon Island in the Philippines and Hualien County in Taiwan. It also impacted South China, Hong Kong, Macau and Vietnam.<\/strong><\/li>\n<li>It formed in the<strong> warm waters of the western Pacific<\/strong> and is <strong>moving through the Luzon Strait toward the Babuyan Islands and southern China.<\/strong><\/li>\n<li>It has<strong> been classified as a super typhoon because it is a Category 5 tropical cyclone<\/strong> with its<strong> sustained winds of 280 kmph<\/strong>, nearing the maximum intensity that storms can reach on Earth.<\/li>\n<li>It was regarded as th<strong style=\"--tw-scale-x: 1;--tw-scale-y: 1;--tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity;--tw-ring-offset-width: 0px;--tw-ring-offset-color: #fff;--tw-ring-color: #3b82f680;--tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 #0000;--tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 #0000;--tw-shadow: 0 0 #0000;--tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 #0000\">e strongest storm of the year.<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong style=\"--tw-scale-x: 1;--tw-scale-y: 1;--tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity;--tw-ring-offset-width: 0px;--tw-ring-offset-color: #fff;--tw-ring-color: #3b82f680;--tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 #0000;--tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 #0000;--tw-shadow: 0 0 #0000;--tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 #0000\">Reason behind Ragasa being so intense:\u00a0\u00a0<\/strong>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Rising global temperatures<\/strong> are making tropical cyclones more intense.\u00a0 The <strong>Pacific Ocean\u2019s surface temperature has increased<\/strong> by about <strong>1.5\u00b0C in the last century<\/strong>, giving storms more energy.<\/li>\n<li>Research shows <strong>storms in Southeast Asia are forming closer to coastlines<\/strong>, intensifying faster, and lasting longer over land.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Warm waters and a track over open sea<\/strong> allowed Ragasa to maintain strength without losing power over land.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<div class=\"faq_description \">\n<h2><b>About Super Cyclone<\/b><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>Super typhoons are <strong>powerful Pacific tropical cyclones<\/strong> with <strong>sustained winds over 150 mph.<\/strong><\/li>\n<li>Typhoons, including a super typhoon,<strong> generally form in the West Pacific, close to places like China, Japan, and the Philippines.\u00a0<\/strong><\/li>\n<li>They form from tropical disturbances over warm ocean waters where wind shear is low.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<h2><b>About tropical cyclon<\/b><b>e<\/b><\/h2>\n<table style=\"border-collapse: collapse;width: 100%;height: 426px\">\n<tbody>\n<tr style=\"height: 100px\">\n<td style=\"width: 17.718%;height: 100px\"><strong>About\u00a0<\/strong><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 82.282%;height: 100px\">\n<ul>\n<li>A tropical cyclone is a <strong>warm-core low-pressure system with no attached fronts<\/strong> that forms over tropical or subtropical waters and has an organized circulation.<\/li>\n<li>A <strong>tropical cyclone has both a \u201cclean\u201d side and a \u201cdirty\u201d side.<\/strong>\n<ul>\n<li>In the <strong>Northern Hemisphere,<\/strong> the <strong>right side<\/strong> of the storm (relative to its direction of movement) is called the \u201cdirty\u201d side, while the <strong>left side<\/strong> is known as the <strong>\u201cclean\u201d side.<\/strong><\/li>\n<li>The<strong> \u201cdirty\u201d side is typically more destructive<\/strong> because the storm\u2019s forward movement combines with its counterclockwise rotation, creating stronger winds.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>The strongest winds occur where the <strong>storm\u2019s rotation around the eye and its forward movement come together.<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"height: 118px\">\n<td style=\"width: 17.718%;height: 118px\"><strong>How it is formed\u00a0<\/strong><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 82.282%;height: 118px\">\n<ul>\n<li>Tropical cyclones form over <strong>warm oceans near the equator. <\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Warm, moist air<\/strong> rises from the ocean, creating a<strong> low-pressure area. <\/strong><\/li>\n<li>Air from surrounding regions <strong>rushes in to fill this space<\/strong>, also becoming warm and moist as it rises.<\/li>\n<li>As the <strong>air cools,<\/strong> it forms clouds and thunderstorms.<\/li>\n<li>Using the <strong>ocean\u2019s heat and moisture,<\/strong> the storm system grows stronger and more organized.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"height: 88px\">\n<td style=\"width: 17.718%;height: 88px\"><strong>Categories as per Saffir-Simpson Hurricane Wind Scale<\/strong><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 82.282%;height: 88px\">\n<ul>\n<li class=\"gs_tkn\">\n<div class=\"gs_p\"><strong><span class=\"gs_tkn\">Category\u00a0<\/span><span class=\"gs_tkn\">1<\/span><\/strong><span class=\"gs_tkn\">:\u00a0<\/span><span class=\"gs_tkn\">Wind\u00a0<\/span><span class=\"gs_tkn\">speeds\u00a0<\/span><span class=\"gs_tkn\">of\u00a0<\/span><strong><span class=\"gs_tkn\">74-95\u00a0<\/span><\/strong><span class=\"gs_tkn\"><strong>mph,<\/strong>\u00a0<\/span><span class=\"gs_tkn\">causing\u00a0<\/span><strong><span class=\"gs_tkn\">minimal\u00a0<\/span><span class=\"gs_tkn\">damage.<\/span><\/strong><\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li class=\"gs_tkn\">\n<div class=\"gs_p\"><strong><span class=\"gs_tkn\">Category\u00a0<\/span><span class=\"gs_tkn\">2<\/span><\/strong><span class=\"gs_tkn\">:\u00a0<\/span><span class=\"gs_tkn\">Wind\u00a0<\/span><span class=\"gs_tkn\">speeds\u00a0<\/span><span class=\"gs_tkn\">of<strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/span><strong><span class=\"gs_tkn\">96-110\u00a0<\/span><\/strong><span class=\"gs_tkn\"><strong>mph<\/strong>,\u00a0<\/span><span class=\"gs_tkn\">leading\u00a0<\/span><span class=\"gs_tkn\">to\u00a0<\/span><strong><span class=\"gs_tkn\">moderate\u00a0<\/span><span class=\"gs_tkn\">damage.<\/span><\/strong><\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li class=\"gs_tkn\">\n<div class=\"gs_p\"><strong><span class=\"gs_tkn\">Category\u00a0<\/span><span class=\"gs_tkn\">3<\/span><\/strong><span class=\"gs_tkn\">:\u00a0<\/span><span class=\"gs_tkn\">Wind\u00a0<\/span><span class=\"gs_tkn\">speeds\u00a0<\/span><span class=\"gs_tkn\">of\u00a0<\/span><strong><span class=\"gs_tkn\">111-129\u00a0<\/span><\/strong><span class=\"gs_tkn\"><strong>mph,<\/strong>\u00a0<\/span><span class=\"gs_tkn\">classified\u00a0<\/span><span class=\"gs_tkn\">as\u00a0<\/span><span class=\"gs_tkn\">a<strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/span><strong><span class=\"gs_tkn\">major\u00a0<\/span><span class=\"gs_tkn\">hurricane\u00a0<\/span><span class=\"gs_tkn\">with\u00a0<\/span><span class=\"gs_tkn\">significant\u00a0<\/span><span class=\"gs_tkn\">damage\u00a0<\/span><span class=\"gs_tkn\">potential.<\/span><\/strong><\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li class=\"gs_tkn\">\n<div class=\"gs_p\"><strong><span class=\"gs_tkn\">Category\u00a0<\/span><span class=\"gs_tkn\">4<\/span><\/strong><span class=\"gs_tkn\">:\u00a0<\/span><span class=\"gs_tkn\">Wind\u00a0<\/span><span class=\"gs_tkn\">speeds\u00a0<\/span><span class=\"gs_tkn\">of\u00a0<\/span><strong><span class=\"gs_tkn\">130-156\u00a0<\/span><\/strong><span class=\"gs_tkn\"><strong>mph,<\/strong>\u00a0<\/span><span class=\"gs_tkn\">resulting\u00a0<\/span><span class=\"gs_tkn\">in\u00a0<\/span><strong><span class=\"gs_tkn\">catastrophic\u00a0<\/span><\/strong><span class=\"gs_tkn\"><strong>damage<\/strong>.<\/span><\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li class=\"gs_tkn\">\n<div class=\"gs_p\"><span class=\"gs_cit_txt\" data-sups=\"1,2,3\" data-hover-id=\"1\"><strong><span class=\"gs_tkn\">Category\u00a0<\/span><span class=\"gs_tkn\">5<\/span><\/strong><span class=\"gs_tkn\">:\u00a0<\/span><span class=\"gs_tkn\">Wind\u00a0<\/span><span class=\"gs_tkn\">speeds\u00a0<\/span><span class=\"gs_tkn\">of<strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/span><strong><span class=\"gs_tkn\">157\u00a0<\/span><span class=\"gs_tkn\">mph\u00a0<\/span><span class=\"gs_tkn\">or\u00a0<\/span><\/strong><span class=\"gs_tkn\"><strong>higher,<\/strong>\u00a0<\/span><span class=\"gs_tkn\">causing\u00a0<\/span><strong><span class=\"gs_tkn\">devastating\u00a0<\/span><\/strong><span class=\"gs_tkn\"><strong>damage<\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/div>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"height: 120px\">\n<td style=\"width: 17.718%;height: 120px\"><strong style=\"--tw-scale-x: 1;--tw-scale-y: 1;--tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity;--tw-ring-offset-width: 0px;--tw-ring-offset-color: #fff;--tw-ring-color: #3b82f680;--tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 #0000;--tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 #0000;--tw-shadow: 0 0 #0000;--tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 #0000\" data-start=\"678\" data-end=\"703\">Classification<\/strong><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 82.282%;height: 120px\">\n<ul style=\"--tw-scale-x: 1;--tw-scale-y: 1;--tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity;--tw-ring-offset-width: 0px;--tw-ring-offset-color: #fff;--tw-ring-color: #3b82f680;--tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 #0000;--tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 #0000;--tw-shadow: 0 0 #0000;--tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 #0000;font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, 'Segoe UI', Roboto, Oxygen-Sans, Ubuntu, Cantarell, 'Helvetica Neue', sans-serif;margin: 0px;padding-left: 50px\">\n<li style=\"--tw-scale-x: 1;--tw-scale-y: 1;--tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity;--tw-ring-offset-width: 0px;--tw-ring-offset-color: #fff;--tw-ring-color: #3b82f680;--tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 #0000;--tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 #0000;--tw-shadow: 0 0 #0000;--tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 #0000\" data-start=\"711\" data-end=\"758\"><strong>Weakest tropical cyclones<\/strong> are known as\u00a0<strong style=\"--tw-scale-x: 1;--tw-scale-y: 1;--tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity;--tw-ring-offset-width: 0px;--tw-ring-offset-color: #fff;--tw-ring-color: #3b82f680;--tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 #0000;--tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 #0000;--tw-shadow: 0 0 #0000;--tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 #0000\">Tropical depression.\u00a0<\/strong><\/li>\n<li style=\"--tw-scale-x: 1;--tw-scale-y: 1;--tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity;--tw-ring-offset-width: 0px;--tw-ring-offset-color: #fff;--tw-ring-color: #3b82f680;--tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 #0000;--tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 #0000;--tw-shadow: 0 0 #0000;--tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 #0000\" data-start=\"711\" data-end=\"758\">If a depression intensifies such that its maximum sustained winds reach 39 miles per hour [63 kmph],<strong> the tropical cyclone becomes a tropical storm.\u00a0<\/strong><\/li>\n<li style=\"--tw-scale-x: 1;--tw-scale-y: 1;--tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity;--tw-ring-offset-width: 0px;--tw-ring-offset-color: #fff;--tw-ring-color: #3b82f680;--tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 #0000;--tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 #0000;--tw-shadow: 0 0 #0000;--tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 #0000\" data-start=\"711\" data-end=\"758\">Storm systems with <strong>wind speeds of 119 kmph and above<\/strong> are<strong style=\"--tw-scale-x: 1;--tw-scale-y: 1;--tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity;--tw-ring-offset-width: 0px;--tw-ring-offset-color: #fff;--tw-ring-color: #3b82f680;--tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 #0000;--tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 #0000;--tw-shadow: 0 0 #0000;--tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 #0000\">\u00a0classified as hurricanes, typhoons, or tropical cyclones.<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>News: Recently, Typhoon Ragasa weakened to a tropical depression over northeastern Vietnam but will still bring heavy rain to the northern provinces of Vietnam. About Tropical Cyclone Ragasa Super Typhoon Ragasa, locally known as \u201cNando,\u201d is an intense\u00a0tropical cyclone that affected the northernmost parts of Luzon Island in the Philippines and Hualien County in Taiwan.&hellip; <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/tropical-cyclone-ragasa\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Tropical Cyclone Ragasa<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10366,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1566,11209,12039],"tags":[11872,10500],"class_list":["post-346969","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-daily-factly-articles","category-geography-in-news","category-knolls","tag-9pm-daily-factly","tag-indian-express","entry"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","views":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/346969","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/10366"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=346969"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/346969\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=346969"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=346969"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=346969"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}