Typhoon, yes, I knew that one in hindsight, but I did not know hurricane had Spanish roots, but it makes sense. But what about cyclone then, smartie pants! (I know I could Google it, but I'm lazy.)

Yes, that Kao-ping system looks like the standard summer soaker. One year we got over 2,000 mils out of a system like that in about 7 days. I soaked the ground so bad that river banks just started collapsing and trees just fell over.