The name Durian has been used to name two

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s in the Western Pacific Ocean. The name was submitted by

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, and refers to a

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of the same name. * Tropical Storm Durian (2001) (T0103, 05W), made landfall in China, killing 78. *

Typhoon Durian Typhoon Durian, known in the Philippines as Typhoon Reming, was a deadly tropical cyclone that wreaked havoc in the Philippines and later crossed the Malay Peninsula in late November 2006, causing massive loss of life when mudflows from the May ...

(2006) (T0621, 24W, Reming), killed 1,497 people in the Philippines and Vietnam. The name Durian was retired from use following the 2006 Pacific typhoon season and was replaced with '' Mangkhut''.

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