200 - Typhoon Committee
200 - Typhoon Committee
200 - Typhoon Committee
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TCAR<br />
CHAPTER 2 - TROPICAL CYCLONES IN <strong>200</strong>7<br />
<strong>200</strong>7<br />
HAIYAN (0716) developed as a tropical depression over<br />
the sea west of the Midway Islands on 30 September.<br />
After turning in a counterclockwise circle, it was<br />
upgraded into a tropical storm on 5 October. Turning to<br />
the north, Haiyan weakened into a tropical depression<br />
and dissipated over the same sea on 7 October.<br />
PODUL (0717) formed as a tropical depression over the<br />
western North Pacific around the Mariana Islands on<br />
3 October and moved generally to the northeast, and<br />
then was upgraded into a tropical storm on 5 October.<br />
Moving northeastward, Podul further intensified into a<br />
severe tropical storm the next day. As Podul continued<br />
to move northeastward, it transformed into an extratropical<br />
cyclone over the sea far east of Japan on 7<br />
October and then dissipated on 9 October.<br />
LINGLING (0718) formed as a tropical depression over<br />
the sea east of Wake Island on 10 October <strong>200</strong>7 and<br />
moved generally northwestwards. It intensified into<br />
a tropical storm the next day. Turning to move from<br />
northwestwards to northeastward over the sea east of<br />
Japan over the sea east of Japan, Lingling transformed<br />
into an extra-tropical cyclone over the sea south of the<br />
Aleutian Islands on 15 October.<br />
KAJIKI (0719) formed as a tropical depression over the<br />
western North Pacific around the northern part of the<br />
Mariana Islands on 18 October and moved generally<br />
northwestward. It intensified into a tropical storm and<br />
then a severe tropical storm the next day. Kajiki rapidly<br />
developed into a typhoon on 20 October and turned to<br />
move northwards. It moved over the sea east of Japan<br />
and gradually turned to move eastwards on 21 October<br />
and weakened into a severe tropical storm. Later, Kajiki<br />
became an extra-tropical cyclone far east of Japan on<br />
22 October.<br />
FAXAI (0720) formed as a tropical depression over the<br />
sea east of the Philippines on 25 October and moved<br />
northwestwards. It intensified into tropical storm and<br />
turned to move northwards. Turning to the northeast<br />
and accelerating, Faxai further intensified into a severe<br />
tropical storm on the same day. Keeping its northeastward<br />
track, Faxai passed around the Izu Islands and then<br />
became an extra-tropical cyclone over the sea east of<br />
Japan on 27 October.<br />
PEIPAH (0721) formed as a tropical depression over the<br />
sea east of Philippines on 1 November <strong>200</strong>7 and moved<br />
westwards. It intensified into a tropical storm on 3<br />
November. Keeping its westward track, it was upgraded<br />
to a severe tropical storm on 4 November and crossed<br />
Luzon. Then it entered the South China Sea on 5 November<br />
and slowed down. Peipah intensified into a typhoon on<br />
6 November. Peipah turned to move southwestwards<br />
the next day and weakened into a tropical storm on 7<br />
November. After weakening into a tropical depression on<br />
8 November at 18UTC on 8 November, it hit the southern<br />
part of Vietnam on 10 November and then dissipated at<br />
18UTC the same day.<br />
TAPAH (0722) formed as a tropical depression over the<br />
sea south of Iwojima Island on 11 November and moved<br />
generally northeastwards. It intensified into a tropical<br />
storm on 12 November. Tapah weakened into a tropical<br />
depression at 18 UTC the same day and then dissipated<br />
over the sea north of Minamitorishima the next day.<br />
MITAG (0723) formed as a tropical depression over the<br />
sea east of the Philippines on 19 November and moved<br />
generally west-northwestwards. It developed into a<br />
tropical storm on 20 November. Keeping its westerly<br />
track, it intensified into a typhoon on 22 November. It<br />
turned to move northwest on 23 November and crossed<br />
Luzon on 26 November then moved northwestwards.<br />
It gradually weakened into severe tropical storm, then<br />
a tropical storm on the same day. It was downgraded<br />
to a tropical depression and then dissipated on 27<br />
November.<br />
HAGIBIS (0724) formed as a tropical depression over the<br />
sea east of Mindanao Island on 18 November and moved<br />
westward to cross the Philippines on 19 November.<br />
It intensified into tropical storm, then severe tropical<br />
storm on 20 and 21 November. After turning to the<br />
west-northwest, it intensified further into a typhoon on<br />
22 November. Hagibis turned to move the east on 23<br />
November and then weakened into tropical storm on 25<br />
November. After crossing the central Philippines on 27<br />
November, it weakened into a tropical depression and<br />
dissipated over the sea east of Luzon the next day.<br />
Of the 15 tropical cyclones affecting the Members of<br />
<strong>Typhoon</strong> <strong>Committee</strong>, disastrous events occurred in<br />
China, Republic of Korea, the Philippines, Japan and<br />
Vietnam. List of tropical cyclones affecting Members of<br />
the <strong>Typhoon</strong> <strong>Committee</strong> is shown on table 2.1.2., and list<br />
of casualties and damage sustained by Members of the<br />
<strong>Typhoon</strong> <strong>Committee</strong> due to tropical cyclones in <strong>200</strong>7 is<br />
shown on table 2.1.3.<br />
In China, the economic losses caused by typhoons<br />
were less severe compared with the last 10 years and<br />
the least severe one in the past 4 years. According to<br />
the preliminary statistics, more than 27 million people<br />
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