Cyclone Ken (2004)
The name Ken has been used for four tropical cyclones in the western North Pacific Ocean and four in the Southern Hemisphere. In the western North Pacific: *Tropical Storm Ken (1979) (T7912, 15W, Oniang) – struck Japan. *Typhoon Ken (1982) (T8219, 20W, Tering) – struck Japan. *Typhoon Ken (1986) (T8602, 02W) *Tropical Storm Ken-Lola (1989) (T8912, 13W14W) – one storm with two names, operationally thought to have been separate due to difficulties in tracking poorly organized systems; hit eastern China. In the Southern Hemisphere: *Cyclone Ken (1983) *Cyclone Ken (1992) *Tropical Low Ken (2004) *Cyclone Ken (2009) {{DEFAULTSORT:Ken Pacific typhoon set index articles Australian region cyclone set index articles ...
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Tropical Cyclone
A tropical cyclone is a rapidly rotating storm system characterized by a low-pressure center, a closed low-level atmospheric circulation, strong winds, and a spiral arrangement of thunderstorms that produce heavy rain and squalls. Depending on its location and strength, a tropical cyclone is referred to by different names, including hurricane (), typhoon (), tropical storm, cyclonic storm, tropical depression, or simply cyclone. A hurricane is a strong tropical cyclone that occurs in the Atlantic Ocean or northeastern Pacific Ocean, and a typhoon occurs in the northwestern Pacific Ocean. In the Indian Ocean, South Pacific, or (rarely) South Atlantic, comparable storms are referred to simply as "tropical cyclones", and such storms in the Indian Ocean can also be called "severe cyclonic storms". "Tropical" refers to the geographical origin of these systems, which form almost exclusively over tropical seas. "Cyclone" refers to their winds moving in a circle, whirling round ...
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