User:Iune/CycloneSeason/08

Iune/CycloneSeason/08
Seasonal boundaries
First system formed	December 28, 2007
Last system dissipated	Season Not Over
Strongest storm
Name	Wilma
• Maximum winds	270 km/h (165 mph) (1-minute sustained)
• Lowest pressure	906 hPa (mbar)
Seasonal statistics
Total depressions	N/A
Total storms	29
Tropical cyclones	6
Total fatalities	134,000+
Total damage	~ $30 million (2008 USD)

Hi I'm having a database of all storms that form during 2008 or come in from 2007.

Storm Names

Ariel Bertha Celina Danielle Erin Francesca Gloria

Hanna Iris Joan Karen Lenny Maria Noel

Olga Perry Rebekah Sandy Tammy Virginie Whitney

Storms

So far there have been 16 storms.

Moderate Tropical Storm 1A-Elnus

Moderate tropical storm (MFR)
Tropical storm (SSHWS)
Duration	December 29 – January 05
Peak intensity	65 km/h (40 mph) (10-min); 995 hPa (mbar)

Early on December 30 an area of disturbed weather formed west of Madagascar and was designated as 06R. Later that day it was upgraded to Tropical Disturbance 06R, whilst the Joint Typhoon Warning Center (JTWC) issued a Tropical Cyclone Formation Alert on the developing system. On December 31, Meteo-France upgraded the disturbance to tropical depression status. Soon after, the JTWC upgraded the system to Tropical Cyclone 09S. Early on January 1, the depression was upgraded to Moderate Tropical Storm Elnus, while located in the Mozambique Channel. On January 2, Meteo-France downgraded the system to Tropical Depression ex-Elnus, and then to a tropical disturbance the next day. The JTWC issued its last advisory on January 4 as it transisted to an extratropical system. Meteo-France noted the storm was becoming extratropical on January 4, and on January 6 issued its final advisory on Extratropical Depression ex-Elnus as the system passed to the south of Madagascar. This Storm Wasn't Named because it was recognized to belong here on July 24, 2008!!!

Tropical Cyclone Ariel-Melanie

Category 2 tropical cyclone (Australian scale)
Tropical storm (SSHWS)
Duration	December 28 – January 2
Peak intensity	110 km/h (70 mph) (10-min); 964 hPa (mbar)

On December 27, the Tropical Cyclone Warning Centre (TCWC) in Perth identified a Tropical Low near 11.2°S and 117.2°E, and began issuing shipping warnings for the developing system. Early on December 28, the TCWC in Perth upgraded the tropical low to a tropical cyclone and named it Melanie. The cyclone moved southwards, then turned to the southwest on December 29 and strengthened to a Category 2 (Australian scale). Cyclone watches and warnings were issued for the Pilbara coast. On December 30 Melanie began to weaken and become less organized. Melanie continued to weaken and the system was downgraded to Category 1 status on December 31. Continued weakening took place thereafter and it weakened below cyclone status early on January 2, when the final advisory was issued.

Tropical Cyclone Bertha-Helen

Category 2 tropical cyclone (Australian scale)
Tropical storm (SSHWS)
Duration	January 3 – January 6
Peak intensity	95 km/h (60 mph) (10-min); 964 hPa (mbar)

On January 3 the TCWC in Darwin, Australia, identifed a Tropical low, located near the edge of their Area of Responsabilty, with TCWC Perth, which had formed over land and had moved into the Timor Sea. Later that day a TCFA was issued by the JTWC who then upgraded the low to a Tropical Cyclone designating the cyclone 10S later that day. Early on January 4 TCWC Darwin then upgraded the low to Tropical Cyclone Helen . Tropical Cyclone Helen reached its peak intensity later that day of 50 knots. It then started to weaken due to interaction with land with it weakening in to a tropical low on January 5 as it had become less orgainsed. . on January 6 the JTWC issued its final warning on Tropical Cyclone Helen, and then later that day TCWC Darwin followed suit and issued its final advisory on Tropical Low Ex-Helen as it approached TCWC Brisbane's Area of Responsibility.

Tropical Cyclone Celina-Elisa

Category 2 tropical cyclone (Australian scale)
Tropical storm (SSHWS)
Duration	January 6 – January 11
Peak intensity	95 km/h (60 mph) (10-min); 980 hPa (mbar)

On January 6 RSMC Nadi began issuing tropical disturbance summaries on a low pressure system which was located near the International Date Line. Early the next day while the system was partially exposed but in a low to moderate shear environment RSMC Nadi designated it as Tropical Depression 07F.. As it moved southwards, a TCFA was issued on January 9 by the Joint Typhoon Warning Center (JTWC). On January 10 RSMC Nadi started to issue Tropical Disturbance advisories, and then upgraded the system to tropical cyclone status, naming the cyclone Elisa. The JTWC also initiated warnings on Tropical Cyclone 11P on the same day. Elisa reached her peak wind speeds of 50 kts late on the 10th, and started to weaken the next day as it approached the edge of RSMC Nadi's Area of Responsibility. It had encountered lower sea surface temperatures, and, due to the low-level circulation being exposed and the deep convection being sheared, both the JTWC and RSMC Nadi dropped responsibility for the low on January 11.

Severe Tropical Cyclone Danielle-Funa

Category 4 severe tropical cyclone (Australian scale)
Category 3 tropical cyclone (SSHWS)
Duration	January 14 – January 21
Peak intensity	175 km/h (110 mph) (10-min); 930 hPa (mbar)

On January 15, RSMC Nadi upgraded a Tropical Disturbance, which they had been monitoring for a few days, to Tropical Depression 10F. Early the next day RSMC Nadi upgraded the system to Tropical Cyclone Funa whilst the JTWC Issued a TCFA for the devloping cyclone, and then designated the storm as 12P later that day as they issued their first warning. It strengthened further on January 17 and by early on January 18 it was upgraded to a severe tropical cyclone. After reaching its peak intensity on January 19, the system moved south and RSMC Nadi issued its last advisory as it rapidly became extratropical. The JTWC issued their last advisory on early the next day.

Severe Tropical Storm Erin-Fame

Severe tropical storm (MFR)
Category 1 tropical cyclone (SSHWS)
Duration	January 23 – February 1
Peak intensity	110 km/h (70 mph) (10-min); 972 hPa (mbar)

An area of of disturbed weather formed north of Madagascar and was designated as Tropical Disturbance 08R on January 24. On the next day it was upgraded to Tropical Depression 08R by Météo-France, while the Joint Typhoon Warning Center issued a Tropical Cyclone Formation Alert on the developing system. it was then upgraded to "Moderate Tropical Storm Fame" by the Sub-Regional Tropical Cyclone Advisory Centre in Madagascar. It remained nearly stationary and by January 26 it was upgraded to a severe tropical storm. The storm made landfall over northwestern Madagascar as a severe tropical storm on January 27. Later that day the system temporarily reached tropical cyclone stage just before landfall near Malagasy. It dissipated early on January 28 over Madagascar. The system, however, regenerated on January 29 as it re-emerged over water and became a tropical depression once again. However, Fame did not strengthen further, and after being declared extratropical, Météo-France redeclared the system tropical and issued its last advisory.

Fame caused 13 deaths in Madagascar.

Tropical Cyclone Francesca-Gula

Tropical cyclone (MFR)
Category 2 tropical cyclone (SSHWS)
Duration	January 25 – February 3
Peak intensity	155 km/h (100 mph) (10-min); 950 hPa (mbar)

An area of disturbed weather formed over the south-central Indian Ocean in the fourth week of January. It slowly developed and Meteo-France began monitoring it as a disturbed area of weather on January 26. It was upgraded to a tropical depression later that day and was named as moderate tropical storm Gula on January 27 by the Mauritius Meteorological Service. Intensification continued and it was upgraded to a severe tropical storm on January 28. The intensification trend became more rapid early on January 29 as a clear eye developed and the storm became a tropical cyclone. After weakening and oscillating between severe and moderate status,Météo-France declared it an extratropical depression, and then issued its last advisory on February 2.

Severe Tropical Cyclone Gloria-Gene

Category 3 severe tropical cyclone (Australian scale)
Category 3 tropical cyclone (SSHWS)
Duration	January 26 – February 6
Peak intensity	155 km/h (100 mph) (10-min); 945 hPa (mbar)

An area of disturbed weather formed northeast of Fiji and was designated as Tropical Depression 12F on January 26 by RSMC Nadi. The next day, the Joint Typhoon Warning Center issued a Tropical Cyclone Formation Alert on the developing system. It continued to organise, and was upgraded to Tropical Cyclone Gene on January 28. Two days later, it became a severe tropical cyclone. Afterwards, it weakened to tropical cyclone status on February 2, and by February 3, RSMC Nadi had issued its final advisory.

The cyclone caused seven deaths on Fiji, where it also left many without power.

Very Intense Tropical Cyclone Hanna-Hondo

Very intense tropical cyclone (MFR)
Category 4 tropical cyclone (SSHWS)
Duration	February 2 – February 25
Peak intensity	220 km/h (140 mph) (10-min); 906 hPa (mbar)

On February 4, an area of disturbed weather approximately 560 nm southeast of Diego Garcia was declared Tropical Disturbance 10R. Early on February 5, the storm was upgraded to Moderate Tropical Storm Hondo. The storm began rapidly intensifying after that, skipping severe tropical storm status entirely and being declared Tropical Cyclone Hondo a few hours later. On the evening of February 6, Hondo was upgraded to intense tropical cyclone status. Intensification continued, and Hondo reached its peak at very intense status with 120 knot winds on February 7.It then began a slow downturn in intensity for a while from February 8 to February 10. Wind shear and low oceanic heat content eventually took its hold of the system, and it began rapidly weakening the system starting on February 11. On February 12, Météo-France and the JTWC issued their final advisories on the system.

The remnants of Hondo headed north-west. Convection redeveloped over the circulation, and Météo-France resumed advisories as a tropical disturbance early on February 21.. Later in the day Météo-France upgraded the system to a tropical depression, and issued a yellow alert for the islands of Mauritius and Réunion, for the possibility of Hondo to reintensify into a severe tropical storm in the coming days. However, this never occurred, and Hondo was downgraded to a disturbance on February 22, and the last advisory was issued on February 24.

Tropical Low Iris

Tropical low (Australian scale)
Tropical storm (SSHWS)
Duration	February 4 – February 10
Peak intensity	55 km/h (35 mph) (10-min); 990 hPa (mbar)

On February 4, the Tropical Cyclone Warning Centre (TCWC) in Perth identified a Tropical Low near 15.4°S and 101.5°E, and began issuing shipping warnings. On February 7, the Joint Typhoon Warning Center (JTWC) issued its first advisory, designating the low as Tropical Cyclone 17S. On February 10 Tropical Cyclone Warning Center Perth and Joint Typhoon Warning Center issued their final advisory on the system.

Intense Tropical Cyclone Joan-Ivan

Intense tropical cyclone (MFR)
Category 4 tropical cyclone (SSHWS)
Duration	February 5 – February 22
Peak intensity	185 km/h (115 mph) (10-min); 930 hPa (mbar)

Main article: Cyclone Ivan

Early on February 7, an area of disturbed weather northeast of Madagascar, heading southeast, was designated Tropical Depression 11R. Like Cyclone Hondo before it, the storm intensified quickly into Moderate Tropical Storm Ivan, then reached severe status a few hours later. Severe status was held until February 11, when Ivan became a tropical cyclone for a short time. Ivan was moving quite slowly, and this, coupled with medium shear, weakened it to moderate tropical storm status by February 12. During this time, Ivan made two complete loops in the open sea. However, by February 14, it had sped up and entered a more favourable environment, becoming a severe tropical storm. On February 15, Ivan was reupgraded to a tropical cyclone as favourable conditions persisted. Ivan was further upgraded to an Intense Tropical Cyclone on February 16 as it moved closer to Madagascar. Ivan made landfall north of Fanoarivo, Madagascar on February 17. Once overland, rapid weakening occurred due to the rugged terrain of the island. Ivan was forecast to regenerate over the Mozambique Channel into a tropical depression once it left Madagascar.

Ivan traversed Madagascar, heading southwest. Its remnants emerged back over water on February 21, and Météo-France resumed advisories on "filling depression Ex-Ivan". Ivan, severely disrupted by Madagascar, did not strengthen any further; the last advisory was issued on February 22.

A preliminary casualty estimate due to Ivan is 93. The cyclone left over 330,000 homeless. Sainte Marie, the island where Ivan made landfall, is estimated to have 75% of its buildings completely destroyed. Total damages from Ivan total more than $30 million (2008 USD).

Severe Tropical Cyclone Karen-Nicholas

Category 3 severe tropical cyclone (Australian scale)
Category 1 tropical cyclone (SSHWS)
Duration	February 10 – February 20
Peak intensity	150 km/h (90 mph) (10-min); 944 hPa (mbar)

On February 10, the Tropical Cyclone Warning Centre (TCWC) in Perth identified a Tropical Low near 16.0°S and 124.7°E, and began issuing tropical cyclone advices on the system. On February 12, the Joint Typhoon Warning Center (JTWC) issued a Tropical Cyclone Formation Alert on the developing system. Later in the day, the JTWC issued its first advisory, designating it as Tropical Cyclone 19S. Early on February 13, the Tropical Cyclone Warning Centre in Perth upgraded the tropical low to a tropical cyclone and named it "Nicholas". On February 16, Nicholas was upgraded to a Severe Tropical Cyclone, but it was downgraded back to a tropical cyclone on February 18. Nicholas squirmed around Western Australia before finally making landfall north of Carnarvon on February 20. Once inland, TCWC Perth discontinued advisories.

Tropical Cyclone Lenny- Ophelia

Category 2 tropical cyclone (Australian scale)
Category 1 tropical cyclone (SSHWS)
Duration	February 27 – March 7
Peak intensity	100 km/h (65 mph) (10-min); 976 hPa (mbar)

On February 27, 2008 the Tropical Cyclone Warning Centre (TCWC) in Darwin identified a Tropical Low near the Northern Territory, and began issuing tropical cyclone advices on the system. On February 29, the JTWC issued a Tropical Cyclone Formation Alert on the developing system. On March 1, the JTWC issued their first warning on Tropical Cyclone 21S. The low moved into TCWC Perth's area of responsiblity during the day. The low strengthened as it moved off the Kimberley coast, and was upgraded to Tropical Cyclone Ophelia by TCWC Perth. Ophelia intensified to a Category 2 cyclone on the Australian scale early on March 2. The JTWC briefly upgraded Ophelia to a Category 1 cyclone on the Saffir-Simpson Hurricane Scale later that day, but was downgraded to a tropical storm on the next advisory.

Tropical Cyclone Maria

Tropical low (Australian scale)
Tropical storm (SSHWS)
Duration	February 29 – February 29
Peak intensity	55 km/h (35 mph) (10-min); 999 hPa (mbar)

On February 28, the Joint Typhoon Warning Center (JTWC) issued a Tropical Cyclone Formation Alert on an area of disturbed weather northeast of Australia. The next day, the JTWC issued its first advisory on the Tropical Cyclone 20P. Later that day, the JTWC issued its final advisory on the system noting the storm was becoming extratropical.. Tropical Cyclone Warning Center Brisbane noted this system as a Tropical Low with a central pressure of 999 hPa but no Shipping Warnings were released.

Intense Tropical Cyclone Noel-Jokwe

Intense tropical cyclone (MFR)
Category 3 tropical cyclone (SSHWS)
Duration	March 2 – March 16
Peak intensity	195 km/h (120 mph) (10-min); 940 hPa (mbar)

On March 4, the JTWC issued a Tropical Cyclone Formation Alert on an area of disturbed weather developing northeast of Madagascar. Soon after, Météo-France upgraded the system to tropical disturbance status. Early on March 5, the JTWC issued its first advisory on the developing system, designating it as Tropical Cyclone 22S. Later that day, the disturbance was upgraded to Moderate Tropical Storm Jokwe.. At noon on March 6, after a bout of rapid intensification, Jokwe was upgraded to a tropical cyclone, skipping severe storm status. After being briefly downgraded to a severe tropical storm, Jokwe was reupgraded to a tropical cyclone, then an intense tropical cyclone on the evening of March 7. Jokwe made landfall between Mozambique Island and Angoche Island early on March 8.

Over the next two days, Jokwe fell down to severe tropical storm following land interaction with Mozambique. Later that day, Jokwe was reupgraded to a tropical cyclone, and became an intense tropical cyclone again early on March 11. Jokwe then came under the influence of moderate windshear, and weakened down to a severe tropical storm again by March 12. Jokwe was re-upgraded to a Tropical Cyclone early March 13, but was soon downgraded again to a severe tropical storm later that day due to another increase in wind shear. Shear had been steadily increasing, and on March 13 Jokwe's movement slowed down drastically; it moved around the same general area of ocean and weakened. Final warnings were issued by the JTWC late March 14, and by Météo-France early March 15.

44 houses were destroyed in Madagascar as Jokwe hit the northern tip of the island. At least 20 people have been killed and over 9,000 homes were destroyed as Jokwe passed through north-eastern Mozambique. At least 100,000 have been displaced by Jokwe. The United Nations World Food Program (WFP) says that it is providing emergency food aid to 60,000 people effected by Jokwe in Mozambique.

Intense Tropical Cyclone Olga-Kamba

Intense tropical cyclone (MFR)
Category 3 tropical cyclone (SSHWS)
Duration	March 5 – March 14
Peak intensity	185 km/h (115 mph) (10-min); 930 hPa (mbar)

Early on March 7, Meteo-France classified an area of disturbed weather that had moved into the region from TCWC Perth's area of responsibility as Tropical Disturbance 13R. Soon after, the JTWC issued a TCFA on the developing system. Later that day, the system was upgraded to a tropical depression by Meteo-France, and the JTWC issued its first advisory on Tropical Cyclone 23S. In the early hours of March 9, Tropical Depression 13R was upgraded to Moderate Tropical Storm Kamba. Later it was upgraded to a severe tropical storm then a tropical cyclone early March 10. Later that day, Kamba was upgraded further to a Intense Tropical Cyclone. Kamba was downgraded to a Tropical Cyclone on March 11. Early on March 12 it was downgraded to a Severe Tropical Storm. Shortly after it was further downgraded to a Moderate Tropical Storm, and then by the middle of the day it was declared a "filling-depression", and the final advisory issued. The JTWC issued its final advisory early that day as well.

Tropical Storm Perry-Lola

Moderate tropical storm (MFR)
Tropical storm (SSHWS)
Duration	March 18 – March 26
Peak intensity	65 km/h (40 mph) (10-min); 994 hPa (mbar)

An area of disturbed weather north east of Mauritius, identified on March 20, become a tropical disturbance on March 21, and depression later that day. The JTWC initiated advisories on Tropical Cyclone 25S around the same time. The system became Moderate Tropical Storm Lola early March 22 based on it having gale-force winds in the southern quadrant far away from the center and due to it having deep convection. Lola weakened back to a tropical depression that afternoon as it begun to suffer from moderate to strong northeasterly shear. It alternated between depression and disturbance a few times, until the final advisory was issued on a zone of disturbed weather on March 26. The JTWC had issued its final advisory two days earlier, on March 24.

Severe Tropical Cyclone Rebekah-Pancho

Category 4 severe tropical cyclone (Australian scale)
Category 2 tropical cyclone (SSHWS)
Duration	March 25 – March 29
Peak intensity	165 km/h (105 mph) (10-min); 938 hPa (mbar)

On March 24, TCWC Perth identified a tropical low in the central Indian Ocean for which it began issuing shipping warnings. Also on March 24, the JTWC issued a Tropical Cyclone Formation Alert, then later that day the JTWC issued their first warning on Tropical Cyclone 26S. The low intensified into Tropical Cyclone Pancho early March 25. On March 26 Pancho became a severe tropical cyclone on the Australian scale. and intensified quickly to minimal category four cyclone on the Australian scale hours later. However during the 28th, Tropical Cyclone Pancho entered an area of increasing vertical wind shear and cooler sea surface temperatures and within a few hours it was downgraded back to a category 2 cyclone on the Australian scale.. The cyclone then weakened back to a tropical low about 300 kilometers southwest of the Western Australian Gascoyne coast with gale-force winds remaining south of the low.

Tropical Cyclone Sandy-Rosie

Category 2 tropical cyclone (Australian scale)
Tropical storm (SSHWS)
Duration	April 18 – April 25
Peak intensity	95 km/h (60 mph) (10-min); 980 hPa (mbar)

Early on April 20 the Tropical Cyclone Warning Centre (TCWC) in Jakarta identifed a Tropical Depression located near Jakarta, Indonesia. The next day as the Tropical Depression moved southwards the Joint Typhoon Warning Centre (JTWC) issued a Tropical Cyclone Formation alert on the developing system and then later that day upgraded the tropical depression to Tropical Cyclone 28S. Early on April 22 The Tropical Depression then moved into TCWC Perths Area of responsabilty and was upgraded to Tropical Cyclone Rosie. On April 23 Rosie encountered high vertical wind shear and began weakening, being downgraded in the early hours of the next day to a tropical low.

Tropical Cyclone Tammy-Durga

Category 1 tropical cyclone
Tropical storm (SSHWS)
Duration	April 23 – April 25
Peak intensity	75 km/h (45 mph) (10-min); 988 hPa (mbar)

On April 21 The JTWC identified a Tropical Disturbance which was located just inside Météo France's Area Of Responsibility (AOR) and issued a TCFA on the Developing system. However RSMC La Reunion did not monitor the storm. The Disturbance then moved out of Météo France's AOR, and into TCWC Jakarta's AOR, on April 22, and was designated as a Tropical Depression by TCWC Jakarta. Later on that day The JTWC initiated warnings on the Tropical Depression designating it as Tropical Cyclone 29S. Early the next day TCWC Jakarta Assigned the name Durga to the cyclone.

Tropical Depression Virginie

Tropical depression (Australian scale)
Tropical storm (SSHWS)
Duration	March 19 – March 23
Peak intensity	55 km/h (35 mph) (10-min); 998 hPa (mbar)

Late March 19, an area of disturbed weather west of Vanuatu was designated Tropical Disturbance 14F. It was upgraded to a depression a few hours later. The storm became slightly more organised and reached its peak intensity at 30 knots on March 20. The JTWC also initiated advisories on Tropical Cyclone 24P the same day. It then encountered an unfavourable environment of moderate to high vertical wind shear and weakened. The JTWC issued its last advisory on the system on March 21. 14F was downgraded to a tropical disturbance early the next day. On March 23, RSMC Nadi issued its last advisory.

Tropical Depression Whitney

Tropical depression (Australian scale)
Tropical storm (SSHWS)
Duration	April 17 – April 19
Peak intensity	55 km/h (35 mph) (10-min); 998 hPa (mbar)

On April 17, a tropical disturbance developed about 1365 km (835 mi) northwest of New Caledonia, consisting of an elongated circulation within a marginal upper-level environment. Despite anticipation that tropical cyclogenesis was unlikely in the short term, deep convection rapidly developed over an increasingly better defined circulation, with an anticyclone aloft aiding in intensification. Late on April 17, the Fiji Meteorological Service classified the system as Tropical Depression 16F, and early the next day the Joint Typhoon Warning Center classified it as Tropical Cyclone 27P. Initially, it was forecasted to intensify further; however, the storm quickly became disorganized as wind shear increased. At 0000 UTC on April 19, the JTWC issued its final warning on the system as it began dissipating.

Retirement

The names Iris and Maria were retired, they were replaced by Ingrid and Marina and the names Karen and Noel were replaced with Kara and Nate.

Storm Names

Ariel Bertha (Will be Retired and Replaced by Beryl) Celina Danielle Erin Francesca Gloria

Hanna Ingrid (Will be Retired and Replaced by Ioke) Joan Kara Lenny Marina Noel

Olga Perry Rebekah Sandy Tammy Virginie Whitney

Typhoon Areil-Neoguri

Typhoon (JMA)
Category 2 typhoon (SSHWS)
Duration	April 13 – April 20
Peak intensity	150 km/h (90 mph) (10-min); 960 hPa (mbar)

Main article: Typhoon Neoguri (2008)

On April 11, area of convection with an area of low pressure was located between Palau and Yap. Early on April 13, a low-level circulation developed near Mindanao. The JMA designated the system as a minor tropical depression on the same day, and PAGASA began warning on the system, naming it Tropical Depression "Ambo". The low continued to get better organized and early on April 14, the Joint Typhoon Warning Center began issuing advisories on Tropical Depression 02W, which was located about north of Zamboanga City, Philippines. Later that day, the agency upgraded it to tropical storm status, based on satellite intensity estimates. The JMA upgraded the system to a tropical storm, naming it Neoguri, the next day. Early April 16, the system was upgraded to severe tropical storm status, and then reached typhoon status a few hours later. The typhoon continued north, weakening as it did so. The cyclone made landfall as a weak tropical storm on Guangdong province in southern China, and the final advisories from both agencies were issued shortly after.

As the typhoon approached and passed Hainan Province, about 120,000 people were evacuated from low-lying areas. According to the China Meteorological Administration, it was the earliest in the year a tropical cyclone had ever impacted China (the old record was for Typhoon Wanda on May 3, 1971). 42,000 residents were displaced in the aftermath of Neoguri. 18 Chinese fisherman and 22 Vietnamese fisherman remain missing due to the passage of the storm. Three fatalities have been confirmed in China, two due to a road being covered in a mud flow, and another due to winds blowing a sheet of aluminum into a person, throwing them off the roof of a stadium.

The name "Neoguri" was submitted by South Korea, and refers to the Raccoon Dog.

Very Severe Cyclonic Storm Bertha-Nargis

Extremely severe cyclonic storm (IMD)
Category 4 tropical cyclone (SSHWS)
Duration	April 27 – May 3
Peak intensity	165 km/h (105 mph) (3-min); 962 hPa (mbar)

Main article: Cyclone Nargis

An area of disturbed weather formed east of the Nicobar Islands on April 24. It slowly started moving in a northwesterly direction into an area of low vertical wind shear. The JTWC started issuing statements on the system on April 25. On April 27, the Indian Meteorological Department upgraded it to a depression, and the next day it was upgraded to Cyclonic Storm Nargis. A few hours later it was upgraded to a Severe Cyclonic Storm. The next day it was given the status of a Very Severe Cyclonic Storm with winds up to 90 knots (based on IMD observations) although the JTWC assesed peak winds of 115 knots, or 135 mph (215 kmph). Nargis hit southern Burma with 135 mph winds and then gradually started dissipating.

Damage in Myanmar was extensive, where 243 people have been reported dead according to United Nations officials. Later, there were nearly 4,000 deaths confirmed. It became likely that 15,000 or even 22,000 deaths occurred, but this was disputed by officials. Later, 22,980 deaths have been blamed on Nargis and more than 40,000 other people were missing. If they were all killed, then Nargis would be the 6th deadliest cyclone in this basin on record, and the 3rd deadliest in this basin in modern history. The Labutta Township alone reportedly had a death toll of 80,000 deaths, and some estimate the death toll from Nargis being well over 100,000, and is at least as of now over 130,000. So far, Nargis is ranked as the 8th deadliest cyclone of all time, the deadliest named cyclone in this basin, and the second deadliest named cyclone of all time, after Typhoon Nina of 1975. Thousands of homes and businesses throughout the country, including in Yangon, were damaged or destroyed by the winds and storm surge. The Irrawaddy Delta also suffered severely from the storm surge. Damage is estimated at nearly $10 billion (USD).

Typhoon Celina-Rammasun

Violent typhoon (JMA)
Category 4 super typhoon (SSHWS)
Duration	May 7 – May 13
Peak intensity	195 km/h (120 mph) (10-min); 915 hPa (mbar)

Early on May 7 PAGASA designated an area of low pressure which was about 790 km east of Mindanao as Tropical Depression Butchoy. Around the same time the Japan Meteorological Agency (JMA) and the Joint Typhoon Warning Center (JTWC) also designated the area of low pressure as a Tropical depression with the JTWC assigning the number 03W to the depression.

Later that day the JMA upgraded the Tropical Depression to Tropical Storm status with the JMA assigning the name Rammasun to the storm. The name Rammasun was submitted by Thailand and is named after the Thai God of Thunder. It quickly organized, intensifying into a typhoon on May 9. Rapid intensification continued and it strengthened into a Category 4-equivalent typhoon by early on May 10, and a super typhoon by midday.

Rammasun continued on a northerly path, and reached a peak of 105 knots and 915 hPa on May 10. Soon after, the typhoon began slowly weakening. The JTWC downgraded it to a typhoon on May 11. On May 12, the weakening became more rapid, and the JMA downgraded the system to a severe tropical storm, while the JTWC issued its last advisory, noting that it was extratropical. The JMA, however, held onto Rammasun until early May 13, when it downgraded the cyclone to a low and issued its final advisory. Though it never hit land, it was the third strongest May typhoon in recorded history, behind Damrey of 2000 and Phyllis in 1958.

Rammasun brushed the Japanese coastline as it became extratropical on May 13 delivering strong winds and high waves. Along with moderate to heavy rain, winds gusted up to 52 mph (83 kph) as the storm moved out to sea.

A strong storm from the "tail" of Rammasun struck the Philippines as it passed south of Japan. The winds brought by the storm caused severe damage to some buildings and numerous amounts of tress some weighing tonnes were uprooted. The damage may have been due to a possible tornado but there is no clarification for this possibility. At least 40 people were injured and damage totaled to 11 million PHP ($280,000 USD).

The name "Rammasun" was submitted by Thailand, and means "God of Thunder".

Tropical Storm Danielle-Matmo

Severe tropical storm (JMA)
Tropical storm (SSHWS)
Duration	May 14 – May 17
Peak intensity	95 km/h (60 mph) (10-min); 994 hPa (mbar)

A tropical disturbance formed to the east of the Philippines on May 13. Later that day, the JTWC issued a Tropical Cyclone Formation Alert on the developing system and then designated it as Tropical Depression 04W the next day.

Midday May 15, the JMA designated the system as Tropical Storm Matmo. The name was submitted by the United States and means "heavy rain" in the Chamorro language. PAGASA named the cyclone "Dindo" a few hours later. The JTWC upgraded the system to a tropical storm as the day drew to a close. However, the system then weakened as it moved north away from the Philippines; PAGASA and the JTWC issued their last advisories on May 16, and the JMA first thing May 17.

Severe Tropical Storm Erin-Halong

Severe tropical storm (JMA)
Category 1 typhoon (SSHWS)
Duration	May 14 – May 20
Peak intensity	110 km/h (70 mph) (10-min); 975 hPa (mbar)

Early on May 14 PAGASA upgraded a tropical disturbance west of the Philippines to Tropical Depression Cosme. Later that day the JTWC issued a TCFA, later the first advisory on the system as Tropical Depression 05W. On May 16, the JMA upgraded 05W to Halong. Later that day, it was upgraded to a Severe Tropical Storm by JMA, and a Typhoon by JTWC, and reached its peak of 60 knots early May 17. It made landfall on western Pangasinan early May 17, and weakened while crossing northern Luzon, but after reaching open waters it re-organized while accelerating northeastward. The system intensified to a severe tropical storm again, but never reached its previous peak intensity and began weakening as it moved northeast. The JTWC and the JMA issued their final advisories on May 20.

In Luzon, the storm caused 58 deaths and $94 million (USD) in damage. The storm destroyed 43,365 houses and damaged 188,830 more.

The name "Halong" was submitted by Vietnam after Halong Bay, a UNESCO World Heritage site and popular tourist attraction in northern Vietnam.

Typhoon Francesca-Nakri

Violent typhoon (JMA)
Category 4 typhoon (SSHWS)
Duration	May 26 – June 3
Peak intensity	195 km/h (120 mph) (10-min); 930 hPa (mbar)

A tropical disturbance formed south of Guam on May 25. On May 26, the JMA recognized it as a weak tropical depression, and later that day, the JTWC issued a TCFA on the system.

Early on May 27, the JTWC issued its first advisory on Tropical Depression 06W. Hours after, the JMA designated the system as Tropical Storm Nakri. Early on May 28, the JMA upgraded it to a severe tropical storm. Twelve hours later, the JTWC upgraded 06W to a typhoon. Later that day, Nakri strengthened at a more rapid pace and the rapid intensification continued into May 29, when Nakri strengthened to a Category 4-equivalent typhoon.

The name Nakri was submitted by Cambodia and refers to a type of flower found in the country.

Tropical Storm Gloria-Alma

Tropical storm (SSHWS)
Duration	May 29 – May 30
Peak intensity	65 mph (100 km/h) (1-min); 994 mbar (hPa)

Main article: Tropical Storm Alma (2008)

A tropical wave developed south of Central America in the last week of May. The wave developed gradually, and by late on May 28 the system became the first tropical depression of the 2008 season. It strengthened into a tropical storm on May 29, and then rapidly strengthened that morning into a strong tropical storm. Alma reached her peak of 65 mph early on May 29. Around 12 PM PDT, Alma made landfall on the Northwestern coast of Nicaragua near León at peak strength.

León lost electricity and telephone services as the storm impacted the area, and trees were toppled and some houses lost roofs. Seven people were killed. The remnants of Alma would later reemerge into the Gulf of Honduras and reorganize on May 31 to become Tropical Storm Arthur.

Tropical Storm Hanna-Arthur

Main article: Tropical Storm Arthur (2008)

Tropical storm (SSHWS)
Duration	May 31 – June 2
Peak intensity	40 mph (65 km/h) (1-min); 1005 mbar (hPa)

Tropical Storm Arthur formed near the Belize coast on May 31, developing out of the interaction between a tropical wave and the remnants of Tropical Storm Alma, and made landfall on Belize a short while later. The system traversed the Yucatán Peninsula slowly and dissipated inland on June 2. Arthur is the first tropical storm to form in May since Tropical Storm Arlene in 1981. Other systems have formed (such as Subtropical Storm Andrea in 2007), but they have started out as subtropical. The formation of Arthur also marks the first time that a named storm formed in May for two consecutive years.

Typhoon Ingrid-Fengshen

Main article: Typhoon Fengshen (2008)

Very strong typhoon (JMA)
Category 3 typhoon (SSHWS)
Duration	June 18 – June 26
Peak intensity	175 km/h (110 mph) (10-min); 945 hPa (mbar)

PAGASA monitored a low-pressure area east of Mindanao early on June 16. Two days later, it was named Tropical Depression "Frank". Then the next day PAGASA upgraded it to a tropical storm. A bit later the JMA classified this as a Tropical Storm and gave it the name Fengshen. On the 19th of June Fengshen/Frank was upgraded to Typhoon Status. The name "Fengshen" was submitted by the People's Republic of China and is the Mandarin Chinese name for the God of Wind, Fengshen (Chinese: 风神). Fengshen has been the sixth typhoon to reach the Philippines in 2008.

On June 20, Fengshen made landfall in Samar, in the central Philippines, traveling northwest. Early on June 22, it made a direct hit on Metro Manila, thus causing power outages in the area. At least 155 people have been killed by the typhoon as it drops torrential rain causing flooding and mudslides. In Iloilo province, 59 are reported killed and 40 missing.In Iloilo City, 30 thousand people were forced onto rooftops when a nearby reservoir burst. In the Bicol Region, more than 200 thousand people sought temporary shelter from the typhoon.

A ferry, the Princess of the Stars, was stranded near Sibuyan Island, and the Philippine Coast Guard was unable to make a rescue attempt because of high seas. A rescue ship reached the MV Princess of Stars, more than 24 hours after it lost radio contact at 12:30 p.m. EDT (04:30 GMT) on Saturday. About 700 people boarded the ship in Manila; it is unlikely there are any survivors, and, 24hrs later only a few bodies have drifted ashore. Philippine Coast Guard spokesman Lt. Senior Grade Arman Balilo, however, lamented: "They haven't seen anyone. They're scouring the area. They're studying the direction of the waves to determine where survivors may have drifted." Xinhua reported that the four survivors witnessed "that the captain of the ship ordered the abandoning of the ship at noon Saturday, but many passengers did not even wear life vests when the ship capsized." Four survivors, Jesus Gica, Oliver Amorin, Jessie Buot, and Renato Lanorio, told GMA news that "the ship did not malfunction, but only slowed down its speed as it encountered big waves off the coast of Romblon." Gica saw many people jump, but "the waves were so big and the rains so strong that few of them could have possibly survived; the crew were so busy saving themselves that they did not care to help the passengers to wear safety vests, and that some of the passengers passed out while children and the elderly failed to wear life vests because they could no longer move when the ship was turning upside down." San Fernando Mayor Nanette Tansingco confirmed that four others aboard died and hundreds of passengers were still missing. Dozens of people trooped to the offices of owner Sulpicio Lines, in Cebu and Manila North Harbor in Manila. The victims' families accused Sulpicio and the Philippine Coast Guard of allowing the ship to set sail despite the bad weather. They further blamed Sulpicio for not personally informing them about the tragedy, the details of the accident, and the condition of the ship plus its passengers. Sulpicio's counsel Manuel Espitan, however stated that "the ship never received advice from Coast Guard, while Metro Manila was still under public storm signal No. 1 when the ship left the port." BBC quoted Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo as saying: "Why did you allow it to sail and why was there no ample warning? I want answers."

Hurricane Joan-Boris

Category 1 hurricane (SSHWS)
Duration	June 27 – July 4
Peak intensity	80 mph (130 km/h) (1-min); 985 mbar (hPa)

An area of low pressure slowly developed southwest of Central America in the fourth week of June. On June 27 at 2 a.m. PDT (0900 UTC), after several days over the warm waters south of the Baja Peninsula, it developed enough organized convection to be designated Tropical Depression Two-E. With warm waters and low wind shear, its local area was deemed to be conducive for development and slight strengthening was predicted. After holding steady for about 48 hours, Boris intensified to a strong tropical storm late on June 29, and to a hurricane on July 1. Boris held hurricane status for most of the day before briefly weakening to a tropical storm. Boris reached its peak the next day as an 80 mph hurricane. Shortly after its peak, Boris moved over cooler waters and began to weaken. Boris was downgraded to a tropical storm late on July 2, and continued to weaken to a minimal tropical storm on July 3. It dissipated on July 4 over cool waters.

• The NHC's advisory archive on Hurricane Boris.

Tropical Storm Kara-Cristina

Tropical storm (SSHWS)
Duration	June 27 – July 1
Peak intensity	50 mph (85 km/h) (1-min); 1000 mbar (hPa)

An area of low pressure developed into Tropical Depression Three-E on June 27 to the west of Tropical Storm Boris. It strengthened the next day into Tropical Storm Cristina, and remained a relatively weak tropical storm as it tracked westward. It weakened to a tropical depression on June 30 as shear increased. Cristina dissipated the next day.

• The NHC's advisory archive on Tropical Storm Cristina.

Tropical Storm Lenny-Douglas

Tropical storm (SSHWS)
Duration	July 2 – July 4
Peak intensity	40 mph (65 km/h) (1-min); 1003 mbar (hPa)

An area of low pressure developed into Tropical Depression Four-E on July 2, and quickly strengthened to Tropical Storm Douglas. By July 3, Douglas encountered wind shear and cooler waters preventing it from intensifying. Douglas was downgraded to a tropical depression later that day as the low became exposed. It dissipated late that evening.

• The NHC's advisory archive on Tropical Storm Douglas.

Tropical Depression Marina

Tropical depression (SSHWS)
Duration	July 5 – July 7
Peak intensity	35 mph (55 km/h) (1-min); 1005 mbar (hPa)

In early July, a strong tropical wave southwest of the Mexican coast slowly developed. It became a tropical depression on July 5. It headed west-northwest before recurving and making landfall near Lazaro Cardenas on July 7. It dissipated shortly afterwards. It brought rainfall to southern Mexico, and caused no casualties in it's path.

• The NHC's advisory archive on Tropical Depression 5E.

Hurricane Noel-Bertha

Main article: Hurricane Bertha (2008)

Category 3 hurricane (SSHWS)
Duration	July 3 – July 20
Peak intensity	120 mph (195 km/h) (1-min); 948 mbar (hPa)

Early on July 1, a strong and large tropical wave emerged off the coast of Africa. By early the next day, a surface low developed and the wave became better organized. The National Hurricane Center upgraded the system to Tropical Depression Two in the morning hours of July 3 after the system was able to maintain convection over its center for at least 12 hours. The depression organized further and developed two distinct bands of convection. Six hours after becoming a depression, it was upgraded to Tropical Storm Bertha, the second named storm of the season. The National Hurricane Center noted that this tropical cyclone was remarkably forecast up to a week in advance by many global computer models.

After a bout of strengthening on July 6, Bertha was upgraded to a hurricane early on July 7 as satellite and microwave imagery indicated an eye feature had formed. It continued to strengthen that morning. Rapid intensification continued that afternoon and Bertha strengthened into a major hurricane with 120 mph (195 km/h) winds and a well-defined eye. The strengthening trend abated early on July 8, due to wind shear, and Bertha rapidly weakened back to a Category 1 hurricane that afternoon.

Bertha again began to rapidly intensify on July 9 as a new eye had formed and the system became more symmetrical. The NHC upgraded Bertha to a category two with winds of 105 mph (170 km/h) and stated that Bertha could intensify further to major hurricane status again, but instead weakened into an 85 mph (135 km/h) category 1 hurricane. Bertha has become the longest-lived pre-August Atlantic tropical cyclone on record. On July 12, Bertha slowed in movement, becoming almost stationary and by July 13 this slow movement weakened the storm to tropical storm strength. On July 18, Bertha regained hurricane strength as its forward motion increased. As it moved over cooler waters, it weakened slightly to a tropical storm late on July 19. It finally became extratropical on July 20 southwest of Iceland.

Typhoon Olga-Kalmaegi

Typhoon (JMA)
Category 2 typhoon (SSHWS)
Duration	July 13 – July 20
Peak intensity	140 km/h (85 mph) (10-min); 960 hPa (mbar)

Early on July 13th, the Japan Meteorological Agency (JMA), began to issue full advisories on a Tropical depression, which was located to the east of the Philippines. Later that day PAGASA allocated the name Helen to the depression, followed the next day by the Joint Typhoon Warning Center (JTWC) designating the number 08W. Early on the 15th July both the JTWC, and the JMA upgraded the depression to Tropical Storm status, with RSMC Tokyo assigning the name "Kalmaegi" to the storm, which was submitted by North Korea and is Korean for seagull. Early on the 17th, Kalmaegi began rapidly intensifying; both the JTWC and JMA upgraded Kalmaegi to a Typhoon.

In the Philippines, it passed over Northern Luzon (mostly affecting Ilocos and Cagayan Valley), where it killed two people, left more than 31,129 people affected and damaged ₱ 7 million worth of property. The storm also hit 82 villages (all in Northern Luzon) and caused around ₱45,000 worth of damage to farmland and livestock, Meanwhile, the storm intensified the southwest monsoon, thus causing torrential rains over the rest of Luzon.

Typhoon Kalmaegi, which was downgraded to tropical storm status by Taiwan's Central Weather Bureau while still east of the country, made landfall at Ilan County in northeast Taiwan in the evening of July 17 at 19:40 local time (13:40 UTC) and emerged into the Taiwan Strait at 7:20 in the morning local time (01:20 UTC) on July 18. At least thirteen have lost their lives due to the storm and eight are currently reported as missing, though local broadcast media is currently reporting the death toll as 18. Tainan County in southern Taiwan is reporting more than 1100 mm of rainfall in some mountain regions. Local media are reporting that an estimate 115,000 people in Taiwan, primarily in Tainan, Nantou, and Taichung have lost power during the storm. The storm caused NT$ 300 million worth of damage, and destroyed about 5,100 hectares of orchards and crops.

From Taiwan, the typhoon, now downgraded to a tropical storm, turned toward southeast China. In Xiapu County of Fujian Province, the tropical storm made landfall at 17:50 local time (0950 UTC), with winds of about 90 miles per hour. In that province and in neighboring Zhejiang Province, 360,000 residents left coastal and low-lying homes to escape the storm. Schools and many businesses remained closed, and the storm is expected to travel northwest.

Early on July 19, the JTWC issued its final advisory on Kalmaegi and downgraded it to a tropical depression. However, the JMA continued to issue advisories and maintained Kalmaegi a tropical storm as it moved to Yellow Sea. Late the next day, the JMA downgraded Kalmaegi to a Remnant Low(Extratropical cyclone) as it moved in land over North Korea.

Hurricane Pablo-Fausto

Category 2 hurricane (SSHWS)
Duration	July 16 – July 22
Peak intensity	100 mph (155 km/h) (1-min); 975 mbar (hPa)

Tropical Depression Seven-E formed from an area of low pressure on July 16 about 560 mi (905 km) SE of Acapulco. It strengthened into Tropical Storm Fausto that afternoon. It strengthened gradually into a strong tropical storm on July 17 and a hurricane on July 18. It briefly reached Category 2 intensity on July 20 while southwest of the Baja California peninsula before weakening rapidly that afternoon back to a tropical storm. It dissipated on July 22 over cooler waters.

• The NHC's advisory archive on Hurricane Fausto.

Hurricane Rebekah-Dolly

Main article: Hurricane Dolly (2008)

Category 2 hurricane (SSHWS)
Duration	July 20 – July 25
Peak intensity	100 mph (155 km/h) (1-min); 964 mbar (hPa)

A strong tropical wave tracked across the Caribbean Sea in the third week of July. Despite producing strong convection and tropical storm-force sustained winds, it failed to develop a low-level circulation until July 20. That morning, reconnaissance aircraft found a low-level circulation and the system was declared Tropical Storm Dolly. This marked the fastest start of a hurricane season since 2005.

It made landfall early on July 21 as a weak and disorganized tropical storm near Cancun, and emerged over the Gulf of Mexico later that morning. 17 deaths were reported in Guatemala from landslides caused by heavy rain on the fringes of Dolly.

On July 22 at 4 p.m. CDT, it strengthened into the second hurricane of the season. It steadily strengthened that night into the morning of July 23 and reached Category 2 intensity. It made landfall at 1 p.m. CDT (1800 UTC) on South Padre Island. Landfall intensity according to the National Hurricane Center was: wind speed 100 mph, pressure 964 mbar (hPa). Dolly has caused no deaths in Texas but it became the most damaging hurricane in Texas since 2005's Hurricane Rita, with 1.2 billion dollars in damages, and the third costliest Texas hurricane in history, behind Hurricane Alicia and Rita. The storm dissipated over northern Mexico on July 25.

Tropical Storm Sean-Cristobal

Main article: Tropical Storm Cristobal (2008)

Tropical storm (SSHWS)
Duration	July 18 – July 23
Peak intensity	65 mph (100 km/h) (1-min); 1000 mbar (hPa)

A disturbance off the Georgia coast slowly organized itself, and became Tropical Depression Three late on July 18. It strengthened into Tropical Storm Cristobal the next day. It remained near and parallel to the Carolina coast, though never making landfall. It became extratropical on July 23.

Tropical Storm Tammy-Genevieve

Category 1 hurricane (SSHWS)
Duration	July 21 – July 27
Peak intensity	75 mph (120 km/h) (1-min); 987 mbar (hPa)

A vigorous tropical wave tracked across Central America (nearly becoming a tropical depression in the southwest Caribbean Sea) in the third week of July. It emerged into the Pacific and organized into Tropical Depression Eight-E on July 21. That afternoon it strengthened into Tropical Storm Genevieve.

Typhoon Virginie (Fung-wong)

Very strong typhoon (JMA)
Category 2 typhoon (SSHWS)
Duration	July 24 – July 28
Peak intensity	155 km/h (100 mph) (10-min); 960 hPa (mbar)

On July 23 the Japan Meteorological Agency (JMA) started to issue advisories on a minor Tropical Depression which was located to the east of the Phillipines. The next day PAGASA assigned the name Igme to the depression. The JTWC then began issuing advisories on the Tropical Depression designating it as Tropical Depression 09W. Later that day the JMA began to issue full advisories on the tropical depression whilst the JTWC upgraded the depression to tropical storm status. The JMA then designated it as Tropical Storm Fung-Wong on July 25. The name Fung-Wong was submitted by Hong Kong and is the Cantonese name for a phoenix. Fung-Wong then carried on intensifying and the next morning was designated as a Severe Tropical Storm by the JMA; later that day the JTWC designated Fung-Wong as a Typhoon.

At its 0830 advisory (0030 UTC) on July 27, Taiwan's Central Weather Bureau has issued land and sea advisories for the entire main island of Taiwan in addition to Green Island and Lanyu located to the east of Taiwan proper. The Pescadores were added with the following advisory three hours later. Outer feeder bands of the storm has started to strike the eastern part of the country. According to the Central Weather Bureau, Taiping Mountain in Ilan County is already registering 778 mm of precipitation. Other places registering high rainfall totals include Sioulin township in Hualien County with 601 mm, Jianshih township in Hsinchu County with 510 mm and Heping township in Taichung County reporting 401 mm of precipitation. The top urban areas are Hualien City with 217 mm and the capital Taipei City has seen 261 mm fall. Heaviest rainfall has been in Ilan and Hualien counties in the east while Hsinchu City through Taichung City to Yunlin County in the rain shadow have received the least rainfall tallying 15mm or less. The storm made landfall at 06:50 local time on July 28 (2250 UTC - July 27) near the border of Hualien County and Taitung County and emerged into the Taiwan Strait from Changhua County at 14:30 local time (0630 UTC).

In advance of the storm's arrival in Taiwan, both Hualien County and Taitung County in eastern Taiwan have called off work and classes both for the evening of July 27 as well as all day on July 28. All local governments in Taiwan proper, as well as the island county of Penghu in the Taiwan Strait have called off work and school for the 28th. Several airlines have cancelled all domestic flights for the 28th as has some international flights from Taoyuan, Kaohsiung, and Taichung. Taiwan Railways Administration cancelled all trains running the eastern Taiwan line for the evening of the 27th and all trains nationwide are shut down until 17:00 local time (0900 UTC) on the 28th. High Speed Rail trains are scheduled to resume at 18:00.

As the storm passed through Taiwan, more than 26,000 households have lost power, mostly in the north and east. Flooding has been reported in areas of eastern Taiwan and 32 townships in the east and south had landslide warnings in effect.

Meanwhile, Luzon (particularly Metro Manila) experienced torrential rain noontime local time, causing floods on many roads. Classes for Monday (July 28) were then suspended in twelve provinces as rains were imminent. PAGASA warned small seacraft not to make voyage, as the typhoon-induced southwest monsoon is very strong. Late on Monday, July 28, four people died, two were injured and 5 are still missing in Northern Luzon (mostly in Ilocos and Cordillera Administrative Region) due to the effects Typhoon Igme.

The JTWC reported that Fung-wong, already a Tropical Storm, made its second landfall over mainland China on July 28 1500 UTC, around 30 nm south of Fuzhou. Xinhua News Agency, however, reported the storm making landfall at 10 pm local time (1400 UTC). Fujian Province was hard hit, receiving gusting winds of up to 155 kph. 338,000 people were evacuated, and casualties are one dead and six injured.

JTWC then issued its final advisory (2100 UTC) on the storm as it continued to move further inland. Finally, on 1200 UTC 29 July 2008, the JMA issued its final advisory on TS Fung-wong.

Severe Tropical Storm Whitney-Kammuri

Main article: Tropical Storm Kammuri (2008)

Severe tropical storm (JMA)
Tropical storm (SSHWS)
Duration	August 3 – August 8
Peak intensity	95 km/h (60 mph) (10-min); 975 hPa (mbar)

On August 3 at 1500 UTC, PAGASA identifed a Tropical Disturbance located to the north of Luzon island in the Phillipines and designated it as Tropical Depression Julian. Later that day the Japan Meteorological Agency (JMA) designated Julian as a minor Tropical Depression and intiated advisories on the Tropical Depression.

Early the next day the JMA started to issue full advisories on the Tropical Depression with the Joint Typhoon Warning Center (JTWC) starting to issue warnings on the Tropical Depression with the JTWC designating it as Tropical Depression 10W. Furthermore, later that day both PAGASA and the JTWC upgraded the Tropical Depression to a Tropical Storm. On August 5th RSMC Tokyo upgraded the depression to a Tropical Storm and named it Kammuri. PAGASA then released their last advisory on Tropical Storm Kammuri (Julian) as it moved out of PAGASA's Area of responsibilty and headed towards Mainland China. The Hong Kong Observatory then upgraded Kammuri to a Severe Tropical Storm, with the JMA upgrading it to a severe tropical storm early the next morning.

However, Kammuri started to weaken after making landfall along the south coast of China in the Western Guangdong Province at about 12pm UTC on August 6th. After Kammuri had made landfall the JMA downgraded Kammuri to a Tropical Storm, whilst the JTWC issued their final advisory later that day on Tropical Storm Kammuri. Early the next day Tropical Storm Kammuri emerged into the Gulf of Tonkin, however later that day Kammuri made landfall again in the Guangxi province of China. After making landfall Kammuri weakened to a tropical depression as the JMA issued its last advisory on August 7th. However the JMA continued to monitor the depression in their WWJP25 warnings untill early on August 8th.

Storm Names

Alison Barry Cristina Danny Elena Frank Gloria

Hugo Ioke Jerry Kara Lenny Mindy Nate

Ophelia Pablo Rebekah Sam Tina Virgil Wilma

Tropical Storm Alison-Edouard

Main article: Tropical Storm Edouard (2008)

Tropical storm (SSHWS)
Duration	August 3 – August 5
Peak intensity	65 mph (100 km/h) (1-min); 997 mbar (hPa)

A shear line stalled in the northeastern Gulf of Mexico in early August as troughing aloft dug into the northeast Gulf of Mexico. This energy aloft help to organize a surface low along the shearline early on August 2, which slowly organized over the following day. It strengthed into Tropical Depression Five before gaining strength and being named Tropical Storm Edouard on August 3.

Hurricane Barry-Hernan

Category 3 hurricane (SSHWS)
Duration	August 6 – August 13
Peak intensity	120 mph (195 km/h) (1-min); 956 mbar (hPa)

A low pressure area well to the southwest of the Pacific coast of Mexico slowly developed into a tropical depression on August 6, and strengthened into a tropical storm the same day. On August 8, it strengthened into Hurricane Hernan and rapidly intensified late that evening into the morning of August 9, becoming the first major hurricane of the 2008 season that morning. It slowly weakened beginning late that day, and remnant low on August 13.

• The NHC's advisory archive on Hurricane Hernan.

Tropical Storm Cristina-Kika

Tropical storm (SSHWS)
Duration	August 6 – August 12
Peak intensity	65 km/h (40 mph) (1-min); 1007 hPa (mbar)

An area of disturbed weather to the southeast of Hawaii organized enough to be classified as a tropical depression on August 6, and strengthened into a tropical storm the same day and was named Kika by the CPHC. Over the next few days as Kika moved westwards it maintained its peak intensity of 35 kts untill late on August 8th when Kika was downgraded to a tropical depression. However early the next day Kika reintensifed into a tropical storm over the next few days Kika was kept at minimal tropical storm status untill early on August 11 when it was downgraded to a tropical depression. The CPHC then downgraded Kika to a remnant low and issued its final advisory on August 12.

• The CPHC's advisory archive on Tropical Storm Kika.

Severe Tropical Storm Danny-Phanfone

Severe tropical storm (JMA)
Duration	August 10 – August 11
Peak intensity	95 km/h (60 mph) (10-min); 996 hPa (mbar)

Late on August 9, the Japan Meteorological Agency (JMA) started to issue full advisories on a Tropical Depression which was located in the Bering Sea to the east of Japan. Early the next day, the depression intensified into a tropical storm and was named Phanfone and given the international Designation of 0810 by the JMA as it moved northwards. Late on August 10 Phanfone reached its maximum wind speeds of 40 Knots (75 km/h, 45 mph) as it was becoming extratropical. Early the next day Phanfone became an extratropical low as the JMA issued their final advisory on Phanfone.

The name Phanfone was submitted by Laos and is the name of an animal.

Tropical Storm Elena-Fay

Main article: Tropical Storm Fay (2008)

Tropical storm (SSHWS)
Duration	August 15 – August 20
Peak intensity	65 mph (100 km/h) (1-min); 986 mbar (hPa)

A vigorous tropical wave tracked into the northeastern Caribbean in mid-August. It produced heavy rain across the Leeward Islands and into Puerto Rico before tracking westward, while unable develop a low-level circulation despite producing tropical storm-force winds. On August 15, a closed circulation was found and the system was declared Tropical Storm Fay.

Tropical Storm Frank-Iselle

Tropical storm (SSHWS)
Duration	August 13 – August 16
Peak intensity	50 mph (85 km/h) (1-min); 999 mbar (hPa)

A disturbance southwest of Mexico developed into Tropical Depression Ten-E on August 13. It became Tropical Storm Iselle later that day. It never threatened land, and dissipated on August 16.

• The NHC's advisory archive on Tropical Storm Iselle.

Tropical Depression Gloria

Tropical depression (SSHWS)
Duration	August 13 – August 14
Peak intensity	55 km/h (35 mph) (1-min); 1002 hPa (mbar)

Early on August 12 the JMA identified a weak tropical depression which was located to the northwest of the Ryukyu Islands, and initiated warnings on it. Early the next day the Joint Typhoon Warning Center initiated warnings on the depression designating it as Tropical Depression 11W. Early the next day as Tropical Depression 11W approached Korea the depression reached its maximum wind speeds of 30 kts (55 km/h, 35 mph) However, later that day the JTWC issued its final advisory as due to land interaction the depressions wind speeds would weaken to below warning level. The next day the JMA released their final advisory on the Tropical depression.

Severe Tropical Storm Hugo-Vongfong

Severe tropical storm (JMA)
Tropical storm (SSHWS)
Duration	August 15 – August 17
Peak intensity	95 km/h (60 mph) (10-min); 992 hPa (mbar)

Late on August 14 the JMA identifed a tropical depression which was located to the south of Japan and started issuing advisories on it. Later that day the Joint Typhoon Warning Center (JTWC) started issuing advisories on the tropical depression, designating it as Tropical Depression 12W. Early the next morning as the depression moved closer to Japan the JTWC upgraded 12W to a Tropical Storm and then later that day the JMA upgraded the depression to Tropical Storm Vongfong. On August 16, the JTWC issued its final advisory as it begin transisting into an extratropical low. The JMA issued their final advisory early the next day.

Severe Tropical Storm Ioke-Nuri

Typhoon (JMA)
Category 3 typhoon (SSHWS)
Duration	August 17 –
Peak intensity	150 km/h (90 mph) (10-min); 955 hPa (mbar)

On August 17 the Joint Typhoon Warning Center identified a tropical depression located to the east of the Philippines and designated it as 13W. Later that day both the JMA and PAGASA identified the tropical depression and started to issue full advisories on the depression with PAGASA naming the depression Karen. Also later that day the JTWC upgraded 13W to a Tropical Storm.

The next day, both PAGASA and the JMA upgraded the depression to a Tropical Storm with RSMC Tokyo naming it as Nuri. It then intensified rather quickly with the JMA designating it as a Severe Tropical Storm with the JMA, PAGASA, and the JTWC upgrading Nuri to a Typhoon later that day. Late on August 19th Typhoon Nuri made landfall on the Philippines and then over the next day moved across northern Luzon causing 12 deaths and 461.3 million PHP in damage. that day Nuri entered the Babuyan Channel early the next day and started to move northwestwards towards Hong Kong and China. On August 21 PAGASA then issued its final advisory on Nuri as it was moving out of PAGASA's Area of Responsibility. The JMA then downgraded Nuri to a Severe tropical storm with the JTWC also downgrading Nuri to a Tropical Storm later that day as it was approaching Hong Kong. However the JMA did not downgrade Nuri to a tropical storm until the next morning after Nuri had made a rare direct hit on Hong Kong. The JTWC then issued its final advisory later on tropical storm Nuri and the JMA then downgraded Nuri to a weak tropical depression early the next day and issued its last full advisory on Nuri as it was just moving into the Chinese mainland.

Tropical Storm Jerry-Julio

Tropical storm (SSHWS)
Duration	August 23 – August 26
Peak intensity	50 mph (85 km/h) (1-min); 998 mbar (hPa)

Main article: Tropical Storm Julio (2008)

On August 23, the National Hurricane Center (NHC) upgraded an area of low presure which was located in the eastern Pacific ocean south of Baja California to Tropical Depression Eleven E. That afternoon, the depression intensified into a tropical storm after a ship report supported tropical storm intensity. It made landfall in La Paz, Mexico as a tropical storm on August 24, weakened, and dissipated August 26.

• The NHC's advisory archive on Tropical Storm Julio.

Hurricane Helene-Gustav

Main article: Hurricane Gustav

Category 4 hurricane (SSHWS)
Duration	August 25 – September 3
Peak intensity	150 mph (240 km/h) (1-min); 941 mbar (hPa)

A disturbance developed in the deep tropical Atlantic in the fourth week of August. It tracked westward into the Caribbean Sea where it encountered more favorable conditions, and became a tropical depression on the morning of August 25, west of the Windward Islands. It rapidly intensified into Tropical Storm Gustav early that afternoon and into Hurricane Gustav early on August 26. Striking southwest Haiti, it weakened into a tropical storm on the evening of August 27 due to land interaction and slowed down considerably. It re-organized further south into a strong tropical storm once again on August 28 before speeding up and hitting Jamaica. Gustav has killed 85 people in Haiti, the Dominican Republic, and Jamaica, while 7 are still missing in Haiti. It then was upgraded to a hurricane again during the late afternoon of August 29. On the morning of August 30, Gustav was upgraded to a major Category 3 hurricane. After intensification slowed for a few hours, another round of rapid intensification occurred and Gustav was upgraded to a Category 4 hurricane during a hurricane hunter flight around 1pm (EDT), with 145 mph winds. Continuing to intensify, it became a 150 mph storm that afternoon near 5 P.M. EDT. Soon after Gustav made landfall in Cuba, firstly on the island of Isla de la Juventud and later on the mainland near Los Palacios in Pinar del Río Province, causing catastrophic damage, although it is difficult to estimate it. It then emerged into the Gulf of Mexico weakening into a minimal 115 mph. category 3. However, the hurricane was still large, and later that day, it made landfall on Louisiana. At 8 a.m. CDT it was reported to have weakened to category 2, just after it crossed the coast as a category 3.

Hurricane Kara-Hanna

Category 1 hurricane (SSHWS)
Duration	August 27 – September 9
Peak intensity	80 mph (130 km/h) (1-min); 978 mbar (hPa)

Tropical Depression Eight formed on August 28 from a low pressure area east-northeast of the northern Leeward Islands. It was upgraded to a tropical storm later that day and named Hanna. On September 1, whilst Hanna was moving very near to the island of Mayaguana in the Bahamas, it was upgraded to Category 1 hurricane status.

Tropical Storm Lenny-Ike

Category 4 hurricane (SSHWS)
Duration	September 1 – September 9
Peak intensity	145 mph (230 km/h) (1-min); 1935 mbar (hPa)

On August 29, 2008, the National Hurricane Center began tracking a tropical wave off the coast of Africa. Disorganized deep convection and moderate wind shear initially precluded tropical development. By September 1 the convection had organized, demonstrating developed cyclonically curved bands and well-defined outflow, warranting that the NHC declare it to be a tropical depression. Hours later, with increasing convection and organization, the depression was upgraded to Tropical Storm Ike. The storm formed and followed the path of Hurricane Hanna, which preceded it on a similar route only three days before.

Tropical Storm Maria-Josephine

Main article: Tropical Storm Josephine (2008)

Tropical storm (SSHWS)
Duration	September 2 – September 6
Peak intensity	65 mph (100 km/h) (1-min); 994 mbar (hPa)

A tropical disturbance developed off the coast of Africa near the end of August. It tracked south of Cape Verde and slowly developed. On September 2 it became Tropical Depression Ten while south-southeast of the southernmost Cape Verde islands. The depression was upgraded to a tropical storm later the same day as it passed to the south of the Cape Verde islands. Strong wind shear weakened the system over the next few days, and it dissipated on September 6 without coming near any land. On September 7 the ex-Josephine disturbance regained some organization and regeneration seemed possible, but the low became exposed again and the NHC discontinued their statement about regeneration possibilities. The remnant lingered on for a few days, with a report on September 11 that it might regenerate, but dissipated without further action.

Tropical Storm Nate-Karina

Tropical storm (SSHWS)
Duration	September 2 – September 3
Peak intensity	40 mph (65 km/h) (1-min); 1000 mbar (hPa)

A disturbance tracked into the eastern Pacific near the end of August. It slowly organized itself, and was determined to have been a tropical storm on the morning of September 2, but weakened to a tropical depression later the same day. The depression dissipated late the next morning.

• The NHC's advisory archive on Tropical Storm Karina.

Tropical Storm Ophelia-Lowell

Tropical storm (SSHWS)
Duration	September 6 – September 11
Peak intensity	60 mph (95 km/h) (1-min); 996 mbar (hPa)

A large system of thunderstorms, southwest of Manzanillo, Mexico, strengthened into Tropical Storm Lowell on the night of September 6. The system skipped tropical depression status and was named "Lowell". A tropical storm watch was issued for southern Baja California as the storm headed north, but it weakened to a tropical depression on September 10, and dissipated on September 11. No damages or deaths were reported from Lowell. The remnants of Tropical Storm Lowell continued across the United States and joined with a cold front bringing heavy rains to the central northern states. The remnants of Lowell contributed to the heaviest rainstorm ever recorded in Chicago where records date back to 1871. A small number of residents were evacuated, some by boat and several area roads and railways were temporarily closed. The remnants also contributed to a one-day rainfall total being broken in South Bend, Indiana.

• The NHC's advisory archive on Tropical Storm Lowell.

Deep Depression Pablo

Deep depression (IMD)
Tropical storm (SSHWS)
Duration	September 15 – Still Active
Peak intensity	55 km/h (35 mph) (3-min); 986 hPa (mbar)

On September 14 an area of low pressure formed south east of Kolkata India. During September 15 the IMD desginated this area of low pressure as Depression BOB 04. Later that day the JTWC issued a Tropical Cyclone Formation Alert on the tropical depression. During the morning of September 15 the depression intensifed into a Deep Depression as it moved closer to the Orissa Coast. Later that day the JTWC issued their first advisory on this system designating it as Tropical Cyclone 02B The Depression then made landfall on the Orissa coast later that day. So the JTWC issued their last advisory on the depression later that day.

Typhoon Rebekah-Sinlaku

Main article: Typhoon Sinlaku (2008)

Very strong typhoon (JMA)
Category 4 typhoon (SSHWS)
Duration	September 8 – September 21
Peak intensity	175 km/h (110 mph) (10-min); 935 hPa (mbar)

On September 7 the JTWC identifed a Tropical Disturbance to the North-east of the Phillippines. it slowly developed during that day and was designated as a tropical depression early the next day, by both PAGASA and the JMA with PAGASA assigning the depression the name Marce. Later during that day it was first designated as 15W and then both the JMA & the JTWC upgraded the depression to a tropical storm with the JMA assigning the name Sinlaku to the storm. Early on September 9th JMA upgraded Sinlaku to a Severe Tropical Storm and later that day to a Typhoon.

Typhoon Sam-Hagupit

Main article: Typhoon Hagupit (2008)

Very strong typhoon (JMA)
Category 4 typhoon (SSHWS)
Duration	September 19 – September 25
Peak intensity	165 km/h (105 mph) (10-min); 935 hPa (mbar)

On September 14 a tropical disturbance formed to the northeast of Guam. Over the next few days it slowly developed, with the JMA designating it as a minor tropical depression on September 17. Later that day the Joint Typhoon Warning Center (JTWC) then issued a Tropical Cyclone Formation Alert on the developing tropical depression. Late the next day the JTWC designated the depression as 18W as it began to issue advisories on the depression. Early on September 19 the JMA began to issue full advisories on the depression as it moved in to PAGASA’s Area of Responsibility and was named Nina by PAGASA. Later that day both the JMA & the JTWC upgraded the depression to a tropical storm. The JMA named the storm as Hagupit, and assigned the international number of 0814. Early the next day Hagupit intensified into a severe tropical storm, and a category 3 typhoon later that day. It reached maximum intensity with 140 mph winds on September 23, and made landfall at that strength the next day. It then dissipated over land, thus late on September 24 JTWC issued its final advisory on the system followed by JMA early the next day.

Typhoon Tina-Jangmi

Main article: Typhoon Jangmi (2008)

Violent typhoon (JMA)
Category 5 super typhoon (SSHWS)
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Duration	September 23 – October 1
Peak intensity	215 km/h (130 mph) (10-min); 910 hPa (mbar)

On September 23 both the JMA and the JTWC designated a Tropical disturbance which was located to the east of the Phillippines as a tropical Depression with the JTWC assigning the number 19W to the depression. Early the next day the JTWC reported that the depression had intensifed into a tropical storm however the JMA did not upgrade the depression to a tropical storm untill later that day and asssigned the name Jangmi and the international number of 0815. The Depreesion then moved into PAGASAs Area of responsbilty and was assigned the local name of Ofel.

Early on September 25 both the JTWC and the JMA upgraded Jangmi to a Typhoon this was after the JMA had reported that Jangmi had intensifed into a Severe Tropical Storm. Early on September 26 the JTWC reported that Jangmi had intensifed into a category two typhoon with winds of 105 mph (165 km/h). During that afternoon, the JMA reported that Jangmi had continued to intensify. However, the JTWC did not report intensification, keeping the storm at a steady 110 mph (175 km/h), though in their next advisory the JTWC acknowledged the intensification and reported that Jangmi had intenisfed in to a category four super typhoon with winds of 135 kt (150 mph, 215 km/h). Operationally the JTWC kept Jangmi at this intensity before it weakened as it made landfall on Taiwan, but in their season best track the JTWC revised their peak intensity estimates, concluding that Typhoon Jangmi was the first category five of 2008 in any basin with maximum winds of 145 kts (165 mph 270 km/h) at 0600Z on September 27.

Hurricane Virgil-Kyle

Category 1 hurricane (SSHWS)
Duration	September 25 – September 29
Peak intensity	80 mph (130 km/h) (1-min); 984 mbar (hPa)

Main article: Hurricane Kyle (2008)

A strong tropical disturbance tracked across the northeastern Caribbean Sea in the third week of September. It meandered around Puerto Rico and Hispaniola, dumping torrential rains across those islands causing a significant amount of damage, despite never developing a closed circulation. By September 24, it began to track northward away from the islands and into the open Atlantic water, and became a tropical storm on September 25. Kyle was upgraded to a hurricane during the afternoon of September 27. It continued northward and maintained hurricane strength until landfall near Yarmouth, Nova Scotia late on September 28. A few hours later, Kyle became extratropical as the cold waters of the Bay of Fundy took effect. In general, Maritimers were spared the anticipated damage.

Tropical Storm Wilma-Laura

Main article: Tropical Storm Laura (2008)

Tropical storm (SSHWS)
Duration	September 29 – October 1
Peak intensity	60 mph (95 km/h) (1-min); 994 mbar (hPa)

In the last week of September, a very large non-tropical system over the north-central Atlantic slowly moved westward away from the Azores. As it entered warmer waters, it slowly gained tropical characteristics and was declared Subtropical Storm Laura early on September 29. It became fully tropical the next day and was reclassified as Tropical Storm Laura. On October 1 it became "post-tropical" (in the forecaster's words) as it moved over cooler waters.

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Grasing Severe Tropical Storm Asiang-Mekkala Severe tropical storm (JMA) Tropical storm (SSHWS)   Duration September 28 – September 30 Peak intensity 95 km/h (60 mph) (10-min); 980 hPa (mbar) On September 25 a tropical disturbance formed to the south of China, in the Gulf of Tonkin. Over the next few days it gradually intensifed and late on September 27 the JMA designated it as a tropical depression. Early the next day the JTWC issued a Tropical Cyclone Formation Alert on the developing depression and then later that day, designated the depression as Tropical Depression 20W. Early on September 28 the JMA reported that the depression had intensifed into a tropical storm and named it as Mekkhala. Later that day the JTWC upgraded Mekkhala to a Tropical Storm. However on the 30th it began to move inland and thus, early that day, JTWC issued its final advisory on Mekkhala as it is expected to dissipate within a short time. Later that day, the JMA downgraded the storm to a tropical depression and issued the final advisory. At least 21 people have been killed due to Severe Tropical Storm Mekkhala. Damages from the storm totaled to $6.6 million (USD) See the final JMA advisory on TS Mekkhala. Tropical Storm Basiang-Higos Tropical Storm Higos (Pablo) Current storm status Tropical storm  (JMA) Current storm status Tropical depression (1-min mean) Satellite image File:2008 21W 5-day track.gif Forecast map As of: 8 p.m. CST (1200 UTC) October 3 Location: 19.4°N 111.2°E ± 30 nm Nearn Hainan, China Sustained winds: 35 knots | 40 mph | 65 km/h (10-min mean) 25 knots | 30 mph | 45 km/h (1-min mean) gusting to 50 knots | 60 mph | 95 km/h Pressure: 1000 mbar (hPa) | 29.53 inHg Movement: NNW at 10 kt | 11 mph | 20 km/h See more detailed information. On September 27 a tropical disturbance formed in the Philippine Sea to the east of Mindanao, in the Phillippines. During the next day the JTWC issued a TCFA on the tropical disturbance. Early on September 29 the JMA designated the disturbance as a tropical depression. Later that day both PAGASA and the JTWC designated the disturbance as a tropical depression, with PAGASA naming the depression as Pablo whilst the JTWC designated it as Tropical Depression 21W. The JTWC upgraded the depression to a tropical storm early in the afternoon. The JMA followed shortly after and upgraded the system to Tropical Storm Higos early on September 30. Higos tracked towards the northwest and made landfall in the eastern Philippines on October 1. Higos tracked over the Philippines as a tropical storm for most of the day before moving out over open waters. Once out over water, the JTWC downgraded Higos to a tropical depression, however, the JMA kept it as a tropical storm. As Higos neared landfall, it suddenly relocated, paralleling the northeastern coast of the island. As of 1200 UTC October 3, the JMA reports that Tropical Storm Higos was located near 19.4°N 111.2°E which is near Hainan, China and was moving towards the north-northwest at 10 knots (11 mph, 10 km/h). Tropical Storm Higos has 10-minute maximum sustained wind speed of 35 knots (40 mph, 65 km/h) with gusts of up to 50 knots (60 mph, 95 km/h) As of 1200 UTC October 3, JTWC reports that Tropical Depression 21W (Higos) was located near 19.3°N 110.9°E which is near Hainan, China and was moving towards west at 8 knots (9 mph, 144 km/h). TD 21W has 1-minute maximum wind speed of 25 knots (30 mph, 45 km/h) with gusts of up to 35 knots (40 mph, 55 km/h). See the latest JMA advisory on TS Higos. See the latest JTWC advisory on TD 21W (Higos).