The name Fitow has been used to name three
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. Depend ...
s in the northwestern Pacific Ocean. The name was contributed by the
Federated States of Micronesia
The Federated States of Micronesia (; abbreviated FSM) is an island country in Oceania. It consists of four states from west to east, Yap, Chuuk, Pohnpei and Kosraethat are spread across the western Pacific. Together, the states comprise a ...
and is the name of a flower, ''
Calophyllum inophyllum'', in the
Yapese language
Yapese is a language spoken by the people on the island of Yap (Federated States of Micronesia). It belongs to the Austronesian languages, more specifically to the Oceanic branch of that family. It has been difficult to classify it further, but ...
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Tropical Storm Fitow (2001) (T0114, 18W) – struck Hainan island and mainland China, killing 4.
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Typhoon Fitow (2007)
Typhoon Fitow was the ninth named tropical storm of the 2007 Pacific typhoon season that made landfall in Japan.
At its peak, it was thought to have been a minimal Category 2 typhoon by the JTWC, but was, in post-storm analysis, downgraded to a Sa ...
(T0709, 10W) – struck Japan, killing at least 2.
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Typhoon Fitow
Typhoon Fitow, known in the Philippines as Typhoon Quedan, was the strongest typhoon to make landfall (meteorology), landfall in Mainland China during October since 1949. The 21st tropical cyclone naming, named storm of the 2013 Pacific typhoon ...
(2013) (T1323, 22W, Quedan) – damaging typhoon that struck China at Fuding in Fujian province.
The name ''Fitow'' was retired after the 2013 season, and replaced with ''
Mun'' in the 2019 Pacific typhoon season, which refers to
Yapese for the month of June.
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