Typhoon Ruth

The name Ruth has been used for 16

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 worldwide, 15 in the Western

Pacific Ocean The Pacific Ocean is the largest and deepest of Earth's five oceanic divisions. It extends from the Arctic Ocean in the north to the Southern Ocean (or, depending on definition, to Antarctica) in the south, and is bounded by the continen ...

and 1 in the Australian region of the South Pacific Ocean. The name has also been used for 1

European windstorm European windstorms are powerful extratropical cyclones which form as cyclonic windstorms associated with areas of low atmospheric pressure. They can occur throughout the year, but are most frequent between October and March, with peak intensit ...

. In the Western Pacific: * Typhoon Ruth (1945) – struck Japan *

Typhoon Ruth (1951) Typhoon Ruth was a typhoon that hit Japan in October 1951. Preparations Storm warnings were issued for southern Japan on October 13. Planes in Tokyo were grounded and courier service to Korea was suspended. Impact Ruth impacted Japa ...

– Category 4 typhoon, struck Japan killing 572 people and injuring another 2,644 * Typhoon Ruth (1955) – Category 5 super typhoon, churned in the open ocean * Tropical Depression Ruth (1959) – far northeast of the

Philippines The Philippines (; fil, Pilipinas, links=no), officially the Republic of the Philippines ( fil, Republika ng Pilipinas, links=no), * bik, Republika kan Filipinas * ceb, Republika sa Pilipinas * cbk, República de Filipinas * hil, Republ ...

Typhoon Ruth (1962) The 1962 Pacific typhoon season had no official bounds; there was activity in every month but January, March, and June, but most tropical cyclones form in the northwestern Pacific Ocean between May and November and this conventionally delimits th ...

– Category 5-equivalent super typhoon, remained east of Japan * Tropical Storm Ruth (1965) – remained out at sea * Typhoon Ruth (1967) – Category 3-equivalent typhoon, remained east of Japan * Tropical Storm Ruth (1970) (T7026, 28W, Aning) * Typhoon Ruth (1973) (T7318, 20W, Narsing) – Category 2-equivalent typhoon, crossed

Luzon Luzon (; ) is the largest and most populous island in the Philippines. Located in the northern portion of the Philippines archipelago, it is the economic and political center of the nation, being home to the country's capital city, Manila, as ...

, then hit

Hainan Island Hainan (, ; ) is the smallest and southernmost province of the People's Republic of China (PRC), consisting of various islands in the South China Sea. , the largest and most populous island in China,The island of Taiwan, which is slightly l ...

China China, officially the People's Republic of China (PRC), is a country in East Asia. It is the world's most populous country, with a population exceeding 1.4 billion, slightly ahead of India. China spans the equivalent of five time zones and ...

and then Northeast Vietnam * Tropical Storm Ruth (1977) (T7702, 3W, Kuring)– hit China * Typhoon Ruth (1980) – crossed Hainan Island before hitting northern Vietnam * Tropical Storm Ruth (1983) (T8321, 22W, Ading) – dissipated east of the Philippines due to strong wind shear *

Tropical Storm Ruth (1987) The 1987 Pacific typhoon season has no official bounds; it ran year-round in 1987, but most tropical cyclones tend to form in the northwestern Pacific Ocean between May and November. These dates conventionally delimit the period of each year when ...

– caused severe damage in

South China South China () is a geographical and cultural region that covers the southernmost part of China. Its precise meaning varies with context. A notable feature of South China in comparison to the rest of China is that most of its citizens are not n ...

Typhoon Ruth (1991) The 1991 Pacific typhoon season ran year-round in 1991, although most tropical cyclones tended to form in the northwestern Pacific Ocean between May and November, 1991. These dates conventionally delimit the period of each year when most tropical ...

(T9123, 25W, Trining) – Category 5 super typhoon, made landfall on northern Luzon with winds of 115 mph (185 km/h) *

Tropical Storm Ruth (1994) The 1994 Pacific typhoon season was an extremely active season in the annual cycle of tropical cyclone formation in the Western North Pacific, with a total of 32 tropical storms, where 19 of them reached typhoon strength, during the course of the ...

(T9426, 30W) – short-lived storm, east of Japan In the Australian region: *

Tropical Cyclone Ruth (1980) The tropics are the regions of Earth surrounding the Equator. They are defined in latitude by the Tropic of Cancer in the Northern Hemisphere at N and the Tropic of Capricorn in the Southern Hemisphere at S. The tropics are also referred to ...

– remained east of

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In Europe: *

Cyclone Ruth (2014) The following is a list of notable European windstorms. Windstorms Before 1800 1800–1899 1900–1974 1975–1999 2000–2009 2010–2018 Since 2019 See also * European windstorm * Extratropical cyclone * Trop ...

– impacted

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