As weather enthusiasts, understanding the dynamics of typhoons, especially super-typhoons, is both fascinating and essential.

All typhoon alerts were cancelled on Friday morning, but by this time, Typhoon Yutu had set a Hong Kong record by becoming the first November storm in 25 years to prompt a No 3 warning signal.

At 1:05 a.m. EDT (0505 UTC) on Oct. 30, the MODIS instrument aboard Aqua captured a visible image of Yutu as it was exiting then northern Philippines and entering the South China Sea. Visible ...