Tropical Storm Merbok

Last updated September 17, 2022

The name Merbok has been used to name four tropical cyclones in the northwestern Pacific Ocean. The name was contributed by Malaysia and means a spotted-neck dove.

Tropical Storm Merbok (2004) (T0426, Violeta) – brought heavy flooding during mid-November 2004.
Tropical Storm Merbok (2011) (T1110, 12W)
Tropical Storm Merbok (2017) (T1702, 04W) – made landfall in China.
Typhoon Merbok (2022) (T2213, 15W)

Preceded by Muifa	Pacific typhoon season names Merbok	Succeeded by Nanmadol

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Tropical Storm Merbok, known in the Philippines as Tropical Depression Violeta, was a weak, but destructive tropical storm which worsened the conditions in the Philippines, previously affected by Typhoon Muifa (2004), just 2 days after that storm. This is also the first tropical cyclone recognized by the Japan Meteorological Agency, but not Joint Typhoon Warning Center, since Changmi in 2002. The fortieth tropical cyclone and twenty-ninth named storm of the very active 2004 Pacific typhoon season, the origins of Merbok can be traced from a disturbance in the Philippine Sea early on November 22, with the PAGASA first issuing advisories as Tropical Depression Violeta, to the east of Baler, Aurora. The JMA followed suit, assigning the name Merbok as it strengthened to a tropical storm; however, the PAGASA held the system as a tropical depression. The storm soon made landfall on the night of the same day, while gradually weakening over the high terrains of Luzon. The weakened system emerged off the northwest coast of the country before the last advisory was issued by the two agencies. The remnants moved to the northwest, before dissipating, southwest of Taiwan.

Severe Tropical Storm Merbok, was a tropical cyclone that impacted southern China in June 2017. Merbok developed out of a tropical depression which was first monitored by the JMA while it was west of Manila, Philippines, on June 10. The system soon was monitored as 04W by the JTWC. The depression then strengthened into Tropical Storm Merbok before making landfall in eastern Shenzhen, China. Merbok then weakened before dissipating over China on June 13.

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