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Typhoon/Cyclone Chip
Very severe cyclonic storm (IMD scale)
Category 1 tropical cyclone (SSHWS)
Chip in the North Indian Ocean
FormedNovember 10
DissipatedNovember 23
Highest winds3-minute sustained: 120 km/h (75 mph)
1-minute sustained: 140 km/h (85 mph)
Lowest pressure984 hPa (mbar); 29.06 inHg
FatalitiesOver 100
Areas affectedVietnam, India, Bangladesh
Part of the 1998 Pacific typhoon season, 1998 North Indian Ocean cyclone season

Typhoon/Cyclone Chip (international designation: 9821, JTWC designation: 21W) was a rare cross-basin tropical cyclone that formed as Tropical Storm Chip in the West Pacific, and regenerated as Cyclone 07B in the North Indian Ocean. The twenty-first tropical cyclone of the 1998 Pacific typhoon season, Chip formed on November 10 and struck Vietnam on November 14. Chip dissipated over land. However, the remnants of Chip regenerated and eventually strengthened to a strong Category 1 cyclone before striking Bangladesh as a weak tropical cyclone. Chip dissipated on November 23.

Meteorological history

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Map plotting the storm's track and intensity, according to the Saffir–Simpson scale
Map key
  Tropical depression (≤38 mph, ≤62 km/h)
  Tropical storm (39–73 mph, 63–118 km/h)
  Category 1 (74–95 mph, 119–153 km/h)
  Category 2 (96–110 mph, 154–177 km/h)
  Category 3 (111–129 mph, 178–208 km/h)
  Category 4 (130–156 mph, 209–251 km/h)
  Category 5 (≥157 mph, ≥252 km/h)
  Unknown
Storm type
triangle Extratropical cyclone, remnant low, tropical disturbance, or monsoon depression
Map plotting the storm's track and intensity, according to the Saffir–Simpson scale
Map key
  Tropical depression (≤38 mph, ≤62 km/h)
  Tropical storm (39–73 mph, 63–118 km/h)
  Category 1 (74–95 mph, 119–153 km/h)
  Category 2 (96–110 mph, 154–177 km/h)
  Category 3 (111–129 mph, 178–208 km/h)
  Category 4 (130–156 mph, 209–251 km/h)
  Category 5 (≥157 mph, ≥252 km/h)
  Unknown
Storm type
triangle Extratropical cyclone, remnant low, tropical disturbance, or monsoon depression

Chip originated a few hundred miles off Nansha Dao. The system rapidly