The 2002 Pacific typhoon season was a slightly above average Pacific typhoon season,producing twenty-six named storms,fifteen becoming typhoons,and eight super typhoons. It had an ACE over 400 units,making it one of the most active seasons worldwide. It was an event in the annual cycle of tropical cyclone formation,in which tropical cyclones form in the western Pacific Ocean. The season ran throughout 2002,though most tropical cyclones typically develop between May and October. The season's first named storm,Tapah,developed on January 11,while the season's last named storm,Pongsona,dissipated on December 11. The season's first typhoon,Mitag,reached typhoon status on March 1,and became the first super typhoon of the year four days later.
The 1999 Pacific typhoon season was the last Pacific typhoon season to use English names as storm names. It also featured the lowest number of typhoons on record,with only five reaching this intensity. This was mainly due to a strong La Niña which persisted from last year. It also featured the least amount of ACE produced on record. The season was also below-average in named storms,with only 20 of such spawning. This season also featured multiple landfalls in Hong Kong. It had no official bounds;it ran year-round in 1999,but most tropical cyclones tend to form in the northwestern Pacific Ocean between May and November. These dates conventionally delimit the period of each year when most tropical cyclones form in the northwestern Pacific Ocean. The first named storm,Hilda,developed on January 6,while the last named storm,Gloria,dissipated on November 16.
The 1995 Pacific typhoon season was a slightly below average season in terms of named storms,ending a 6-year stretch of above average activity. It occurred all year round,though most tropical cyclones formed between May and November.
Typhoon Nina,known in the Philippines as Typhoon Bebeng,was a deadly tropical cyclone in the summer of 1975. It formed on July 30 and gradually intensified as it moved generally to the west. On August 2,Nina reached peak intensity,and a day later the typhoon struck Taiwan. It weakened before moving ashore southeastern China. While moving slowly through central China,it dropped heavy rainfall and caused several dam failures,including the Banqiao Dam. It is one of the deadliest typhoons in the Pacific. Flooding from the Banqiao Dam collapse killed 26,000 people,with 100,000 more dying from subsequent famine and diseases.
Severe Tropical Storm Kammuri,known in the Philippines as Tropical Storm Lagalag,killed hundreds of people in the wake of a deadly flood season in China. The system developed from a large monsoonal system that persisted toward the end of July 2002 near the Philippines. On August 2,a tropical depression formed off the northwest coast of Luzon and moved west-northwestward. Late on August 3,it intensified into Tropical Storm Kammuri off the coast of Hong Kong. A weakening ridge turned the storm northward toward the coast of China. The storm made landfall with late on August 4,after reaching peak winds of 100 km/h (65 mph). The system dissipated over the mountainous coastline of eastern China and merged with a cold front on August 7.
The effects of tropical cyclones include heavy rain,strong wind,large storm surges near landfall,and tornadoes. The destruction from a tropical cyclone,such as a hurricane or tropical storm,depends mainly on its intensity,its size,and its location. Tropical cyclones remove forest canopy as well as change the landscape near coastal areas,by moving and reshaping sand dunes and causing extensive erosion along the coast. Even well inland,heavy rainfall can lead to landslides in mountainous areas. Their effects can be sensed over time by studying the concentration of the Oxygen-18 isotope within caves.
During 2017 tropical cyclones formed within seven different tropical cyclone basins,located within various parts of the Atlantic,Pacific and Indian Oceans. During the year,a total of 146 tropical cyclones had formed. 88 tropical cyclones had been named by either a Regional Specialized Meteorological Center (RSMC) or a Tropical Cyclone Warning Center (TCWC). The strongest and deadliest tropical cyclone was Hurricane Maria with a minimum barometric pressure of 908 mbar and killing 3,000 people in Puerto Rico and Dominica. The costliest tropical cyclone of the year was Hurricane Harvey in the Atlantic,which struck Houston metropolitan area in August causing US$125 billion in damage,tying with Hurricane Katrina as the costliest tropical cyclone worldwide.
During 2002,tropical cyclones formed within seven different tropical cyclone basins,located within various parts of the Atlantic,Pacific and Indian Oceans. During the year,a total of 123 tropical cyclones formed,of which 80 tropical cyclones developed enough to be named by either a Regional Specialized Meteorological Center (RSMC) or a Tropical Cyclone Warning Center (TCWC). The strongest system was Cyclone Zoe,with a barometric pressure of 890 hPa (26 inHg). The costliest and deadliest tropical cyclone of the year was Typhoon Rusa,killing 238 in South Korea and causing $4.2 billion in damages. 26 Category 3 tropical cyclones,including eight Category 5 tropical cyclones formed in 2002. The accumulated cyclone energy (ACE) index for the 2002,as calculated by Colorado State University was 812 units.
There were 30 tropical cyclones in the western Pacific Ocean in 1931,including 19 typhoons,as well as one that developed in December of the previous year. The most significant typhoon was one that struck eastern China near Shanghai in the midst of the country's worst floods on record;heavy rainfall caused levees to collapse along the Grand Canal,killing an estimated 300,000 people,including about 2,000 people overnight in the city of Gaoyou.
The following is a list of Pacific typhoon seasons from 1920 to 1935. Data from these years was extremely unreliable,so there were many more typhoons that did not hit land and were not detected by ships. The average from these times was 23 tropical storms,which now would be considered a well-below-average season.
Tropical cyclones regularly affect the coastlines of most of Earth's major bodies of water along the Atlantic,Pacific,and Indian oceans. Also known as hurricanes,typhoons,or other names,tropical cyclones have caused significant destruction and loss of human life,resulting in about 2 million deaths since the 19th century. Powerful cyclones that make landfall –moving from the ocean to over land –are some of the most impactful,although that is not always the case. An average of 86 tropical cyclones of tropical storm intensity form annually worldwide,with 47 reaching hurricane/typhoon strength,and 20 becoming intense tropical cyclones,super typhoons,or major hurricanes.
During 1999,tropical cyclones formed within seven different bodies of water called basins. To date,142 tropical cyclones formed in bodies of water known as tropical cyclone basins,of which 72 were given names by various weather agencies. The strongest tropical cyclone of the year was Gwenda,attaining maximum sustained winds of 120 knots and a pressure of 900 hPa (26.58 inHg),later tied with Inigo in 2003. Floyd was the costliest tropical cyclone of the year,with around $6.5 billion worth of damages as it affected the Bahamas,the East Coast of the United States,and the Atlantic Canada. The deadliest cyclone of this year was the 1999 Odisha cyclone,which was blamed for over 9,667 deaths as it devastated India. It was also the strongest Northern Hemisphere cyclone of the year with the pressure of 912 hPa (26.93 inHg) and third most intense tropical cyclone worldwide next to Cyclone Gwenda and Cyclone Vance. Three Category 5 tropical cyclones were formed in 1999. The accumulated cyclone energy (ACE) index for the 1999,as calculated by Colorado State University was 606.4 units.
During 1995,tropical cyclones formed within seven different bodies of water called basins. To date,110 tropical cyclones formed,of which 74 were given names by various weather agencies. The strongest storm and the deadliest storm of the year was Typhoon Angela,which reached a minimum central pressure of 910 hPa (26.87 inHg) and caused a total of 936 deaths throughout the Philippines. The costliest storm of the year was Hurricane Opal,which caused $4.7 billion in damage throughout Central America and the Gulf Coast of the United States. The accumulated cyclone energy (ACE) index for the 1995,as calculated by Colorado State University was 779.3 units.
The following is a list of weather events in 2019.
The following is a list of weather events that occurred on Earth in 2002. There were several natural disasters around the world from various types of weather,including blizzards,cold waves,droughts,heat waves,tornadoes,and tropical cyclones. The deadliest disaster was a heat wave in India in May,which killed more than 1,030 people. The costliest event of the year was a flood in Europe in August,which killed 232 people and caused €27.7 billion (US$27.115 billion) in damage. In September,Typhoon Rusa struck South Korea,killing at least 213 people and causing at least ₩5.148 trillion (US$4.2 billion) in damage.
The following is a list of weather events that occurred on Earth in the year 2004. There were several natural disasters around the world from various types of weather,including blizzards,cold waves,droughts,heat waves,tornadoes,and tropical cyclones. The deadliest disaster was Hurricane Jeanne,which killed more than 3,000 people when it struck Hispaniola,mostly in Haiti. This was just four months after flooding in Hispaniola killed 2,665 people. Jeanne was also the fourth hurricane to strike the United States in the year,following Charley,Frances,and Ivan. Ivan was the costliest natural disaster of the year,causing US$26.1 billion in damage in the Caribbean and the United States.
