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Content for first edition

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Storms of the month

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Typhoon Chanchu near its peak

Typhoon Chanchu was the first typhoon and first super typhoon of the 2006 Pacific typhoon season. Forming on May 9 over the open western Pacific Ocean, Chanchu moved over the Philippines on the 11th. There, it dropped heavy rainfall, causing mudslides, crop damage, and 41 deaths. It moved into the South China Sea, where it rapidly strengthened to a Super Typhoon on May 14, one of only two super typhoons in the sea. It turned to the north, weakened, and struck the Fujian province of China as a minimal typhoon on the 17th. The typhoon flooded 192 houses, while heavy rainfall caused deadly mudslides. In China, Chanchu caused at least 25 deaths and $480 million in damage (2006 USD). Elsewhere on its path, strong waves from the typhoon sank eleven boats in Vietnam, killing at least 44 people. In Taiwan, heavy rainfall killed two people, while in Japan, severe waves killed one person and injured another.

Throughout the entire globe, there was only one other tropical cyclone. Tropical Storm Aletta existed in the eastern Pacific Ocean from May 25 to May 29, peaking as a 45 mph tropical storm.

Article statistics

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Article statistics
 
Grade
Apr May June
FA 7 7 10
A 4 5 7
GA 0 3 5
B 62 66 82
Start 154 177 168
Stub 13 12 10
Total 240 263 282
percentage
Less than B
69.6 71.6 63.1

New Articles

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Improved Articles

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  • List of all current FA/L/Ps.
  • List of candidates for Featuring.
  • A cut-down version of the assessment log containing raises to GA/A/FA quality.

To-do List

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Other content

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Nominations for first edition

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Storm of the month

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  • Typhoon Chanchu
  1. The only one w/ an article, so yes. NSLE (T+C) at 13:07 UTC (2006-06-01)
  2. I agree (Also, if we're choosing a storm from the month and the year of the newsletter, what do we do if there is no article from the month and the year?). íslenska hurikein #12(talk) 00:47, 2 June 2006 (UTC)[reply]
If that happens, we can still have a storm of the month. It'll just be shorter. Hurricanehink (talk) 01:30, 2 June 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Member of the month

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  • Jdorje, for starting this mess in the first place...
  1. Nominator Hurricanehink (talk) 01:30, 31 May 2006 (UTC)[reply]
  1. Nominator Icelandic Hurricane #12(talk) 17:58, 31 May 2006 (UTC)[reply]
  • Titoxd, for his brilliant work in improving articles
  1. Nominator ;) NSLE (T+C) at 13:07 UTC (2006-06-01)

Random topic

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  • Assessment scale