The typhoon grew from a tropical storm to a category 5 storm in less than a day.
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Two typhoons spun over the western North Pacific near Japan.
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For the third time in a month, a powerful tropical cyclone is bearing down on Taiwan.
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Dual storms marched across the Western Pacific Ocean in early August 2019.
On July 15, 2011, the MODIS instrument on NASA's Aqua satellite captured this view of Typhoon Ma-on.
The second massive storm of October 2014 barrels down on Japan.
The storm was headed for Okinawa and the main island of Japan in late September 2012.
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As the typhoon churned the East China Sea and pounded Okinawa with flooding rains, the larger Japanese islands braced for landfall.
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Soaking rains drenched Tokyo.
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Acquired May 25, 2012, this natural-color image shows Typhoon Sanvu over the western Pacific Ocean.