Two Tropical Cyclones May Make Christmas Landfalls: Nock-Ten in the Philippines and Yvette in Australia | The Weather Channel
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The Philippines and Australia may both be impacted by tropical systems on Christmas.

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Linda Lam

December 23, 2016


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Typhoon Nock-ten (Nina) is threatening the Philippines this holiday weekend. 

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Tropical storms and hurricanes are almost never a Christmas concern in the Atlantic Basin but can happen in the northwest Pacific basin.

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This aerial photo taken on September 29, 2016 shows Chinese rescuers searching for survivors at a landslide area in the village of Sucun in Suichang county, east China's Zhejiang province. (STR/AFP/Getty Images)