The name Kit has been used for twelve
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 Western North Pacific Ocean.
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Typhoon Kit (1953)
The 1953 Pacific typhoon season has no official bounds; it ran year-round in 1953, but most tropical cyclones tend to form in the northwestern Pacific Ocean between June and December. These dates conventionally delimit the period of each year wh ...
(T5304, 05W) – a Category 5-equivalent super typhoon which hit Taiwan, East China and North Korea.
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Typhoon Kit (1957)
The 1957 Pacific typhoon season has no official bounds; it ran year-round in 1957, but most tropical cyclones tend to form in the northwestern Pacific Ocean between June and December. These dates conventionally delimit the period of each year when ...
(T5720, 18W) – another Category 5-equivalent typhoon that struck the Philippines during the
1957 elections, causing 19 deaths.
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Typhoon Kit (1960)
The 1960 Pacific typhoon season had no official bounds; it ran year-round in 1960, but most tropical cyclones tend to form in the northwestern Pacific Ocean between June and December. These dates conventionally delimit the period of each year whe ...
(T6022, 47W) – a large typhoon which struck the Philippines, South China and northern Vietnam, resulting to at least 149 fatalities.
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Typhoon Kit (1963)
The 1963 Pacific typhoon season has no official bounds; it ran year-round in 1963, but most tropical cyclones tend to form in the northwestern Pacific Ocean between June and December. These dates conventionally delimit the period of each year when ...
(T6318, 35W, Rosing) – a powerful Category 4-equivalent typhoon that remained at sea.
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Typhoon Kit (1966)
Typhoon Kit, known in the Philippines as Typhoon Emang, was a typhoon that impacted Japan in June 1966.
Meteorological history
The incipient disturbance that became Super Typhoon Kit was first identified on June 20 near Chuuk State in ...
(T6604, 04W, Emang) – one of the most intense typhoons recorded in the Western Pacific; struck Japan and killed 64.
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Typhoon Kit (1968)
The 1968 Pacific typhoon season has no official bounds; it ran year-round in 1968, but most tropical cyclones tend to form in the northwestern Pacific Ocean between June and December. These dates conventionally delimit the period of each year when ...
(T6823, 27W) – a minimal typhoon which affected no land areas.
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Typhoon Kit (1972)
The 1972 Pacific typhoon season was an above average season, producing 31 tropical storms, 24 typhoons and 2 intense typhoons. It has no official bounds; it ran year-round in 1972, but most tropical cyclones tend to form in the northwestern Pacific ...
(T7201, 01W, Asiang-Biring) – an unusually strong early-season typhoon that devastated central and southern Philippines in early-January 1972, claiming at least 204 lives.
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Tropical Storm Kit (1974)
The 1974 Pacific typhoon season was the first season on record to not feature a Category 5 equivalent super typhoon; a feat later repeated by the 1977 and 2017 seasons. Even so, the season was overly active, with 32 tropical storms and 16 typhoo ...
(T7432, 36W, Delang) – a late-season tropical storm which affected southern Philippines.
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Severe Tropical Storm Kit (1978) (T7820, 21W, Uding) – a tropical storm that crossed the Philippines and Vietnam.
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Typhoon Kit (1981)
The 1981 Pacific typhoon season was a slightly above average season that produced 29 tropical storms, 13 typhoons and two intense typhoons. The season ran throughout 1981, though most tropical cyclones typically develop between May and October.Ga ...
(T8128, 28W, Kadiang) – strong, late-season typhoon which affected Mindanao as a remnant low.
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Typhoon Kit (1985) (T8508, 08W) – a long-lived and erratic typhoon that skirted southwestern Japan before hitting South Korea, leading to the loss of 12 lives.
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Severe Tropical Storm Kit (1988) (T8821, 17W, Maring) – a tropical storm which affected northern Luzon and Hong Kong.
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