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Typhoon Usagi Slams Into the Philippines (www.nytimes.com)

submitted 21 hours ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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Typhoon Usagi made landfall in the Philippines on Thursday as the authorities warned that the storm could cause widespread flooding and landslides in the north of the country.

Usagi, called Ofel in the Philippines, is the fifth major storm to hit the country in the past three weeks. The other four — Toraji, Trami, Yinxing and Kong-rey — killed more than 100 people and caused destruction. This week, four tropical storms churned at once in and around the South China Sea and the North Pacific, the first time that had happened in the region in November since records began.

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[–] [email protected] 2 points 17 hours ago

[–] [email protected] 3 points 20 hours ago* (last edited 20 hours ago) (1 children)

Usagi means Rabbit...

What a strange naming convention.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 19 hours ago (1 children)

It's probably most famously the name of the lead heroine in the Sailor Moon anime and manga, hence it's a girl's name, and on the hurricane/typhoon name list.

I have no idea how many Japanese girls are actually named Usagi.

Maybe an anime fan had input to the name list, and we can expect Typhoon Madoka some time.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 6 hours ago

Well it usually goes female name, male name, female, so on

So probably more like a Typhoon Kenshiro or Typhoon Guts lol