List of storms named Shanshan
(Redirected from Typhoon Shanshan)
The name Shanshan has been used to name five tropical cyclones in the northwestern Pacific Ocean. The name was submitted by Hong Kong and it is commemorative to the first athlete, Lee Lai-shan, to win an Olympic medal representing Hong Kong.[1] It is also a common girls' given name in Hong Kong (Chinese: 珊珊; pinyin: Shān-shān; Cantonese Yale: Sāan-sāan).[2][3] It is part of a series of reduplicated typhoon names from Hong Kong, like Tingting, Yanyan and Lingling.
- Typhoon Shanshan (2000) (T0018, 26W) – a Category 4 Super Typhoon that did not threaten land.
- Typhoon Shanshan (2006) (T0613, 14W, Luis) – a costly typhoon which impacted Japan.
- Tropical Storm Shanshan (2013) (T1302, 02W, Crising) – brought rains to the Philippines, Vietnam and Malaysia.
- Typhoon Shanshan (2018) (T1813, 17W) – a slow-moving typhoon that passed closely to Japan.
- Typhoon Shanshan (2024) (T2410, 11W) - made landfall in Japan as a weakening typhoon but still caused serious damages.
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References
[edit]- ^ "菠蘿包、葡撻為何不能成颱風名 兩天文台台長拆解兩大原因". HK01. 2017-07-29. Retrieved 2021-07-27.
- ^ "The Meaning of Northwest Pacific Tropical Cyclone Names". Fort Worth, TX: National Weather Service. 2008.
- ^ "颱風的命名 (Naming Typhoons)" (in Chinese).