The name Haishen has been used to name four
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 China. Its name means "God of sea".
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Typhoon Haishen (2002) (T0225, 30W) – a Category 2 typhoon that did not affect land
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Tropical Storm Haishen (2008) (T0820, 25W) – a short lived tropical storm that formed off the Coast of Japan
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Tropical Storm Haishen (2015) (T1505, 05W) – churned in the open sea
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Typhoon Haishen (2020)
Typhoon Haishen, known in the Philippines as Typhoon Kristine, was a powerful tropical cyclone that became the first super typhoon of the 2020 Pacific typhoon season. Being also the tenth named storm and this season's fifth typhoon, Haishen's ori ...
(T2010, 11W, Kristine) – a Category 4 super typhoon that moved through the
Ryukyu Islands
The , also known as the or the , are a chain of Japanese islands that stretch southwest from Kyushu to Taiwan: the Ōsumi, Tokara, Amami, Okinawa, and Sakishima Islands (further divided into the Miyako and Yaeyama Islands), with Yonaguni ...
of Japan, and later made landfall in
Ulsan
Ulsan (), officially the Ulsan Metropolitan City is South Korea's seventh-largest metropolitan city and the eighth-largest city overall, with a population of over 1.1 million inhabitants. It is located in the south-east of the country, neighboring ...
, South Korea, then in
South Hamgyong Province
South Hamgyong Province (, ''Hamgyŏngnamdo''; ) is a province of North Korea. The province was formed in 1896 from the southern half of the former Hamgyong Province, remained a province of Korea until 1945, then became a province of North Kore ...
, North Korea
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