Typhoon Haitang (other)
The name Haitang has been used to name four tropical cyclones in the northwestern Pacific Ocean. The name was contributed by China and literally means "Chinese flowering crabapple". * Typhoon Haitang (2005) (T0505, 05W, Feria) – struck Taiwan and China. * Tropical Storm Haitang (2011) (T1118, 21W) – made landfall in Vietnam. * Tropical Storm Haitang (2017) (T1710, 12W, Huaning) – struck Taiwan and China. * Tropical Storm Haitang (2022) (T2221, 24W) – churned in the open ocean and affected no land areas. {{DEFAULTSORT:Haitang Pacific typhoon 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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