The name Kai-tak has been used for 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 western Pacific Ocean. The name was contributed by Hong Kong, and refers to that city's
former airport. Names in parentheses were given by
PAGASA
Pagasa may refer to:
* ''Pagasa'' (genus), an insect genus in the family Nabidae
* PAGASA, an acronym for the Philippine Atmospheric, Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration
*"May Pagasa", a pen-name of José Rizal
José Prot ...
in the Philippines.
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Typhoon Kai-tak (2000)
Typhoon Kai-tak, also known in the Philippines as Typhoon Edeng, was a typhoon that formed in July 2000 and brought severe impacts to the Philippines and Taiwan.
Meteorological history
On July 2, a low pressure area formed north west of the Ph ...
(T0004, 06W, Edeng) – brushed the coasts of mainland China and Taiwan.
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Typhoon Kai-tak (2005)
Typhoon Kai-Tak was a strong tropical cyclone that made landfall in Vietnam and affected the nearby South China and Laos in early-November 2005. The twenty-first named storm and thirteenth typhoon of the annual typhoon season, Kai-Tak origina ...
(T0521, 22W) – late-season storm that made landfall in Vietnam.
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Typhoon Kai-tak (2012)
Typhoon Kai-tak, known in the Philippines as Tropical Storm Helen, was a mild tropical cyclone that affected China, Vietnam and Laos. It was the seventh typhoon and the thirteenth named storm of the 2012 Pacific typhoon season. The storm killed 4 ...
(T1213, 14W, Helen) – made landfall in the Philippines and China.
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Tropical Storm Kai-tak
Tropical Storm Kai-tak, known in the Philippines as Tropical Storm Urduja, was a late-season tropical cyclone that affected Visayas during December 2017. Forming as the twenty-sixth named storm of the 2017 Pacific typhoon season, Kai-tak formed a ...
(2017) (T1726, 32W, Urduja) – affected the Philippines.
The name Kai-tak was retired by the WMO in 2018, and is replaced with Yun-yeung to be used for future seasons. The name Yun-yeung refers to the
mandarin duck
The mandarin duck (''Aix galericulata'') is a perching duck species native to the East Palearctic. It is medium-sized, at long with a wingspan. It is closely related to the North American wood duck, the only other member of the genus ''Aix''. ...
, a species of
duck
Duck is the common name for numerous species of waterfowl in the family Anatidae. Ducks are generally smaller and shorter-necked than swans and geese, which are members of the same family. Divided among several subfamilies, they are a form t ...
native to
East Asia
East Asia is the eastern region of Asia, which is defined in both geographical and ethno-cultural terms. The modern states of East Asia include China, Japan, Mongolia, North Korea, South Korea, and Taiwan. China, North Korea, South Korea and ...
; the name also refers to a
popular drink in Hong Kong.
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Tropical Storm Yun-yeung (2023) (T2313, 12W, Ineng) - affected Japan as a very weak tropical storm.
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