The name Butchoy has been used for five northwestern Pacific Ocean
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. Depen ...
s within the
Philippine Area of Responsibility
The Philippine Area of Responsibility (PAR) is an area in the Northwestern Pacific where PAGASA, the Philippines' national meteorological agency, monitors weather occurrences. Significant weather disturbances, specifically tropical cyclones that ...
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Tropical Depression 02W (2004) (02W, Butchoy) – approached the Philippines.
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Typhoon Rammasun (2008) (T0802, 03W, Butchoy) - remained at sea.
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Typhoon Guchol (2012) (T1204, 05W, Butchoy) – a powerful typhoon that made landfall over Honshu, Japan.
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Typhoon Nepartak (2016)
Typhoon Nepartak, known in the Philippines as Super Typhoon Butchoy, was the third most intense tropical cyclone worldwide in 2016. Nepartak severely impacted Taiwan and East China, with 86 confirmed fatalities. It caused 3 deaths and New Taiwan d ...
(T1601, 02W, Butchoy) – a very intense storm which impacted
Taiwan
Taiwan, officially the Republic of China (ROC), is a country in East Asia, at the junction of the East and South China Seas in the northwestern Pacific Ocean, with the People's Republic of China (PRC) to the northwest, Japan to the nort ...
and devastated
East China
East China () is a geographical and a loosely defined cultural region that covers the eastern coastal area of China.
A concept abolished in 1978, for economical purposes the region was defined from 1949 to 1961 by the Chinese Central Govern ...
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Tropical Storm Nuri (2020) (T2002, 02W, Butchoy) - prompted PAGASA the storm to start of the rainy season after it struck the Philippines.
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