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The first are the international names assigned to a tropical cyclone by the Japan Meteorological Agency (JMA) or the Joint Typhoon Warning Center (JTWC). The second set of names are local names assigned to a tropical cyclone by the Philippine Atmospheric, Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration. This system often ends up with a ...
Typhoon Cobra, also known as the Typhoon of 1944 or Halsey's Typhoon (named after Admiral William Halsey Jr.), was the United States Navy designation for a powerful tropical cyclone that struck the United States Pacific Fleet in December 1944, during World War II. The storm sank three destroyers, killed 790 sailors, damaged 9 other warships ...
This is a list of all Pacific typhoons that have had their names retired from the international list of tropical cyclone names used in the Western Pacific Ocean. Since tropical cyclones started to be named in the basin after World War II a total of 77 typhoon names have been retired. Those typhoons that have their names retired tend to be ...
The names are used sequentially without regard to year and are taken from five lists of names that were prepared by the ESCAP/WMO Typhoon Committee, after each of the 14 members submitted 10 names in 1998. [2] The order of the names to be used was determined by placing the English name of the members in alphabetical order. [2]
A list of 140 names was subsequently drawn up and submitted to the Typhoon Committee's 32nd session, who after a lengthy discussion approved the list and decided to implement it on January 1, 2000. [47] [48] [49] It was also decided that the Japan Meteorological Agency would name the systems rather than the Joint Typhoon Warning Center. [47] [50]
The Hawker Typhoon is a British single-seat fighter-bomber, produced by Hawker Aircraft.It was intended to be a medium-high altitude interceptor, as a replacement for the Hawker Hurricane, but several design problems were encountered and it never completely satisfied this requirement.
1977 – Category 3 typhoon, rapidly intensified prior to striking Taiwan and eastern China; also known as Huling within the PAR. 1979 – Category 5 super typhoon, weakened before hitting Luzon; also known as Yayang within the PAR. 1983 – Category 2 typhoon, crossed the Philippines and Hainan, killing 127 people; also known as Bebeng within ...
1985 – a devastating typhoon which struck central Vietnam, resulting to 769 fatalities. 1989 – a powerful typhoon that was the first of three typhoons to severely affect northern Philippines within one month; caused significant damage 119 deaths. 1993 – a typhoon which brushed northern Philippines before making landfall in China.