Kalmaegi was a typhoon in the Philippine Sea Monday afternoon Philippine Time, the Joint Typhoon Warning Center said in its latest advisory. Flash flooding can occur well inland and away from the storm’s center. Even weaker storms can produce excessive rainfall that can flood low-lying areas.

Finally, sea-levels are rising, mainly due to a combination of melting glaciers and ice sheets, and the fact that warmer water takes up more space. Local factors can also play a part. This means storm surges happen on top of already elevated sea levels, worsening coastal flooding.

A typhoon is the same type of storm as a hurricane, but it forms in a different part of the world. Typhoons develop over the warm waters of the northwestern Pacific Ocean, typically between May and October.

Wind shear (red - strong shear; green - low shear). Shear is typically strong to start the hurricane season:

Gathering data from planes inside hurricanes is a dangerous game and 52 lives have been lost since operations began in 1944.

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