What makes a storm a typhoon? What's a super typhoon?

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What makes a storm a typhoon? What's a super typhoon?
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TYPHOON Mawar was a Category 4 super typhoon with maximum sustained winds of 150 mph (241 kph) or greater when it crossed the northern tip of Guam on Wednesday night, May 24, 2023....

TYPHOON Mawar was a Category 4 super typhoon with maximum sustained winds of 150 mph or greater when it crossed the northern tip of Guam on Wednesday night, May 24, 2023. It was the strongest typhoon to hit the US Pacific territory since 2002.

A few commonly used weather terms and their definitions, which rely on material from the National Weather Service:— Long and wide plumes of moisture that form over an ocean and flow through the sky over land.— Wind speeds of 35 mph or more and considerable falling and/or blowing of snow with visibility of less than one-quarter mile for three or more hours.— A storm in which strong winds rotate around a moving center of low atmospheric pressure.

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