Typhoon Gay was the strongest and longest-lasting storm of the
1992 Pacific typhoon season. Forming in November near the
International Date Line, Gay moved through the
Marshall Islands as an intensifying
typhoon, severely damaging crops and leaving 5,000 people homeless. The nation's capital of
Majuro experienced power and water outages during the storm. There were no fatalities among Marshall Islands citizens, although the typhoon killed an American woman in a yacht. After passing through the country, Gay reached its peak intensity over open waters before weakening rapidly and striking
Guam. Most of the weaker structures on that island had been destroyed during
Typhoon Omar earlier in the year, and Gay caused little additional structural damage, but strong, salty winds
defoliated plants. The typhoon briefly re-intensified before weakening and becoming
extratropical south of Japan, where it brought flooding and power outages to
Okinawa Prefecture.
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Typhoon Gay was the strongest and longest-lasting storm of the
1992 Pacific typhoon season. Forming in November near the
International Date Line, Gay moved through the
Marshall Islands as an intensifying
typhoon, severely damaging crops and leaving 5,000 people homeless. The nation's capital of
Majuro experienced power and water outages during the storm. There were no fatalities among Marshall Islands citizens, although the typhoon killed an American woman in a yacht. After passing through the country, Gay reached its peak intensity over open waters before weakening rapidly and striking
Guam. Most of the weaker structures on that island had been destroyed during
Typhoon Omar earlier in the year, and Gay caused little additional structural damage, but strong, salty winds
defoliated plants. The typhoon briefly re-intensified before weakening and becoming
extratropical south of Japan, where it brought flooding and power outages to
Okinawa Prefecture.
(
Full article...)
... that some of the British painter Nahem Shoa's portraits (example pictured) were painted at up to 15 times life size?
... that Järflotta island in Sweden contains both a
nature reserve and a 24 cm (9.4 in) calibre gun?
... that in the early 1940s, Beatrice Beeby,
Joan Wood, and Inge Smithells established the first nursery playcentres, precursor to the present-day
Playcentre organisation in New Zealand?
A map of the Swedish city of Gothenburg in 1888, during a period of heavy development. In
the 19th century, the city's population increased tenfold to 130,000.
This Wikipedia is written in
English. Started in 2001 (2001), it currently contains
5,008,994 articles.
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