Chapter 733: The Eye of the Storm
Haguppi's Category 12 wind circle made landfall at around noon on the evening of 29 June at Gamai on the northeastern corner of Samar Island, about 120 kilometres south of Catandunes. At this time, it is still not considered Hagupit to make a real landfall, because according to the definition of a typhoon landing, only when the eye of the typhoon makes landfall, it is considered a real landfall of a typhoon.
Haguppi's Twelfth Wind Circle has a radius of about 100 kilometers, so it will take five hours before Haguppi's eye actually lands.
However, Haguppi's Category 12 wind circle did not weaken after landfall and continued to move north-northwest at a speed of 20 km/h.
The landfall of a super typhoon is a very terrifying thing, even if the real typhoon core has not yet landed, only the 12th wind circle has begun to land, and the momentum caused is extremely terrifying.
The storm raged wildly around everything, and the dense raindrops knocked on the wooden planks outside the doors and windows, dense like the sound of horses' hooves as thousands of horses marched. The wind with its strange howl turned the area into a ghostly sound, a sound that could scare the faint of heart attack.
And the most terrifying thing is the super storm surge brought by strong winds.
Although this storm surge is not as spectacular as yesterday's tsunami, it is also very powerful, and this day coincided with the astronomical tide, so driven by the gravitational pull of the moon and strong winds, the coastal areas of several islands in the eastern Philippines set off huge waves of more than 10 meters, and the height of the storm surge exceeded 7 meters.
This kind of storm surge once again made the coastal area that had just experienced a tsunami baptized again, but it doesn't matter, as the so-called lice are too many not afraid to bite, yesterday's tsunami has destroyed everything that can be destroyed, and the remaining things that cannot be destroyed are not destroyed by this storm surge.
But this storm surge is not a one-shot deal like a tsunami, which lasts for a full day.
At six o'clock in the evening, the storm not only did not decrease but became larger, indicating that Haguppi's core was very close to the Philippines.
At six o'clock in the evening, at dinner, Yang Jing and Gege were sitting at the dining table munching on bread, and the manic storm suddenly stopped, without warning, as if an invisible hand in the sky had wiped Hagupby from the earth, and even the rare sun in the past three or four days was revealed, and there was silence everywhere.
Gege was stunned for a moment, and then shouted in surprise: "Yang Jing, has the typhoon completely passed?"
Yang Jing smiled bitterly and shook his head, "Daughter-in-law, don't be naΓ―ve, the typhoon has not passed at all, on the contrary, this is the real landfall of the typhoon!"
"Huh, is the typhoon actually making landfall now?"
"Yes, this situation is actually caused by the passage of the eye of the storm, which means that we are now in the eye of Haguppi. β
Before Yang Jing's words fell, Chris and the others pushed the door in, "Boss, the eye of the storm is coming, we are now in the eye of the storm, and Hagupit has officially landed." β
Puzzled, he asked, "What is the eye of the storm, and how can this happen in such a strong typhoon?"
Yang Jing stuffed the less half piece of bread in his hand into his mouth, and after taking a sip of water, he explained while gesturing: "You should know that typhoons are in a rotational shape, right?"
Gege nodded.
"Typhoons or hurricanes are tropical cyclones, and tropical cyclones rotate counterclockwise in the Northern Hemisphere. Yang Jing gestured a counterclockwise circle, "In the process of rotating a tropical cyclone, a hole will be created in the center, and in this hole, except for the air pressure is much lower than the outside, the weather is very stable in other aspects." This hole, the eye of the tropical cyclone, is like the center of a whirlpool. β
"Oh, I see. In the past, when I looked at the weather forecast, I could often see a black spot in the center of those typhoons or tropical storms, and that black spot was the eye of the storm, right?"
"Quite right. Yang Jing nodded with satisfaction, "The eye of a tropical storm is roughly a circle, usually between a few kilometers and kilometers in diameter, surrounded by an eyewall, which is also called an eyewall by some people, which is a ring-shaped area of intense thunderstorms, and the eyewall is the most harsh climate in a tropical cyclone." The eye of the storm, surrounded by the eyewall, is the most stable area in the entire tropical cyclone. We're in the eye of Hagupit right now!"
As a super typhoon, Hagupit has a radius of more than 100 kilometers in its Category 12 wind circle, so more than five hours after the Category 12 wind circle made landfall at one o'clock in the afternoon, Haguppi, which had been moving north-northwest, finally made landfall on Catanduanes Island.
Now, the eye of Super Typhoon Hagupit looms over Yang Jing's head.
"Yang Jing, can we go out and have a look? The diameter of this eye of the storm is so large, even if the eye of the storm passes, it will take at least more than an hour, right?
Gege's words made Yang Jing a little tempted, to be honest, he had never seen what it was like in the eye of a typhoon, and now he finally had a chance to see the scenery in the eye of the typhoon, and if he went out to brag with his buddies in the future, he could blow it for several years.
Chris, they had never seen this kind of scene either, and they were all very excited.
"Okay, isn't it just going out! What's this? Let's go out and have a look, anyway, the main door of the villa is sealed from the inside, just move the things that block the main door." β
Clark smiled: "Boss, I'll do this job, I have the strength." β
After everyone removed the large pieces of furniture that blocked the main door, they were finally able to walk out of the villa after holding back in the house all day.
The view from outside is a bit unbelievable. If it weren't for the distant black clouds and rumbling thunder still reminding them that this was actually the eye of a super typhoon, no one would have believed that it was still a raging storm just a few minutes ago.
The sun was sinking in the west, and the whole sky was a golden yellow, and although the mountain was still in shambles, the scenery in the mountains was really nothing.
A huge wind circle is slowly moving to the northwest, and here you can clearly see the thunder and lightning in the eyewall only a kilometer or two away, and the rumbling thunder is like the roar of countless cannons.
Turning his head to look in the southeast direction, as far as the eye can see, he can vaguely see the eyewall on the other side, and in that distant position, you can still see the thunder and light. It is said that the eyewall is the area with the worst climate in a typhoon, and this sentence is indeed true.
Compared with the eye wall of thunder and lightning, the eye of the wind is Chinese and quiet like a little girl, there is no wind here, the air is extremely clear and fresh, and the visibility is at least dozens of kilometers. This kind of scene had to make everyone admire, this nature is really magical, if you don't see it with your own eyes, who would have thought that in the center of the most terrifying typhoon, there is such a paradise area.
The old butler and the servants in the villa all came out, and one by one they were intoxicated by this beauty.
The Mayon Volcano in the west is already outside the eye of the storm at this time, so you can't see the situation of the Mayon Volcano at this time from here. But judging by the fresh air, it is clear that the Mayon volcano has been thoroughly tamed by Haguppy.
"Boss, this eye is so clean, it really deserves to be the eye of a super typhoon. If it were a typhoon-level tropical cyclone, the eye wouldn't be so clean, and a tropical storm wouldn't even be able to form the eye of the storm, right?" Chris sighed.
Yang Jing nodded, "Yes, it's not that this kind of super typhoon can form such a clean and stable eye of the storm, and a weak tropical cyclone really can't form such a good eye of the storm." β
The eye of the storm is a very stable meteorological structure, so the formation of the eye of the storm requires great energy. A tropical cyclone will only produce an eye when it reaches the typhoon level, and if the tropical cyclone is not sufficient, the energy in the cyclone will not be able to maintain a stable eye of the storm.
And the higher the level of the typhoon, the more stable the eye of the storm, and the more stable the climate in the eye of the storm. It's like Hagupit's eye of the storm, the weather in the eye of the wind is a mess, except for the air pressure is lower, there is no wind at all here.
Of course, some people will also judge the level of a typhoon based on the size of the eye of the storm, and many people say that the larger the eye of the storm, the lower the typhoon level, and vice versa, the higher the typhoon level. It is also known as "big eyes and small wind, small eyes and big wind".
In fact, this statement is not true, at least there is no definite scientific evidence to prove it. Generally speaking, the diameter of the eye of a typhoon is about 40 or 50 kilometers, but this does not mean that the smaller the eye is, the higher the level of the typhoon.
For example, in 2005, the No. 14 super typhoon Caidie, the typhoon level is also a level 5 typhoon, which is not worse than the current Hagupit, but the diameter of the eye of Caidie is as high as 100 kilometers.
The eye of Hagupit in front of him must have a diameter of at least 40 kilometers, which is actually not small, at least about the same as the eye of an ordinary typhoon. This is enough to prove that it is not the smaller the eye of the storm, the higher the typhoon level.
The forty-kilometer eye of the storm, based on Hagupit's speed, would have taken at least two hours to be enveloped by the eyewall on the other side. In other words, everyone can enjoy at least two hours of tranquility.
However, after admiring the beautiful scenery for a while, Yang Jing immediately prepared to leave for several other rich villas that were not flooded by the tsunami. There was not much food stored in the villa, and it would take at least forty hours for Haguppy's influence to completely dissipate.
Originally, Yang Jing wanted to wait for the typhoon to pass before going out to look for food, so it was better to take advantage of this rare tranquility to go out and find some food. After all, in this case, only when you have food in your hand can you not panic.
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