Satellite image of typhoon over East Asia

Typhoons intensify in East Asia amid El Niño-driven Pacific warming

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Recent months have seen unusually severe typhoons in East Asia, a region accustomed to such storms. This escalation in storm activity coincides with El Niño conditions causing significant warming in the Pacific Ocean.

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Originally published by bbc