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The 2006 Pacific typhoon season has no official bounds; it runs year-round in 2006, but most tropical cyclones tend to form in the northwestern Pacific Ocean between May and November. These dates conventionally delimit the period of each year when most tropical cyclones form in the northwestern Pacific Ocean.

The scope of this article is limited to the Pacific Ocean, north of the equator and west of the international date line. Storms that form east of the date line and north of the equator are called hurricanes; see 2006 Pacific hurricane season. Tropical Storms formed in the entire West Pacific basin are assigned a name by the Japan Meteorological Agency. Tropical depressions in this basin have the "W" suffix added to their number. Tropical depressions that enter or form in the Philippine area of responsibility are assigned a name by the Philippine Atmospheric, Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration or PAGASA. This will result in the same storm having two names.

Storms

In storm information below, windspeed advisories differ from the Joint Typhoon Warning Center to the Japan Meteorological Agency as the JTWC uses the U.S. criteria of 1 minute mean to designate maximum sustained winds, while the JMA uses the 10-minute mean wind criteria to designate tropical cyclone maximum sustained winds. This difference generally means that JTWC maximum winds will appear to be higher than the maximum winds described by the JMA for the same cyclone.

Typhoon Chanchu (Caloy)

Duration	Unknown – Unknown
Peak intensity	Winds not specified;

An area of disturbed weather formed around May 5 and moved westward. The Joint Typhoon Warning Center released a Tropical Cyclone Formation Alert on May 8, shortly before it upgraded the storm to a Tropical Depression. It became a tropical storm on May 9. The name "Chanchu" was submitted by Macau and means pearl. The JTWC then upgraded it to a typhoon on May 10. The storm maintained a westerly track and made two landfalls in the Philippines, causing 32 deaths in the country and $1.9 million in damage, much of it to agriculture. After Chanchu left the Philippines, the JMA upgraded it to a typhoon. Chanchu turned to the north in the South China Sea and affected hundreds of Vietnamese fishermen. Then, it became a super typhoon, only the second ever recorded in the South China Sea, but was one for only less than a day. The only other super typhoon to form in the South China Sea in recorded history is Ryan in 1995. Chanchu is also the most intense typhoon on Hong Kong Observatory's record to enter the South China Sea in May. It turned northeastward and made a final landfall along the southeastern seaboard of China on May 18 resulting in at least 25 deaths and a direct economic loss of 7 billion Chinese yuan. Chanchu became extratropical later that day.

Tropical Storm Jelawat (Domeng)

Duration	Unknown – Unknown
Peak intensity	Winds not specified;

An area of disturbed weather that began as a part of a monsoon trough
formed around June 23 east of the Philippines, and moved slowly over the islands. The Joint Typhoon Warning Center released a Tropical Cyclone Formation Alert on June 25 as the system moved over the Philippines, and upgraded the system to Tropical Depression 03W the next day. The depression continued to organize as it moved away from the Philippines, and the JTWC upgraded it to Tropical Storm 03W on June 27. The Japan Meteorological Agency designated the storm as Tropical Storm Jelawat shortly after. The name Jelawat was submitted by Malaysia, and is a name for a type of carp.

Jelawat moved generally northwestward over the South China Sea during the next day, and weakened back to a tropical depression on June 28. The depression made landfall in southern China at 7:40 a.m. LST on June 29 and dissipated later that day.

The storm dropped heavy rainfall across southern China and Haikou recorded a rainfall of 309.7 mm (12 inches) during the storm passage. A total of 8.6 inches (220 mm) rain fell in 16 hours in Kampung Bundu, Malaysia. The rainfall killed seven people and left one missing. The flooding from Jelawat ruined 200 square kilometres of farmland and destroyed 190 houses.

Typhoon Ewiniar (Ester)

Duration	Unknown – Unknown
Peak intensity	Winds not specified;

On June 29, a persistent tropical disturbance was classified as a tropical depression by the JTWC while east of Palau. The depression moved northwestward and was upgraded to Tropical Storm 04W by the JTWC on June 30. The JMA designated the storm Tropical Storm Ewiniar at around the same time. The name "Ewiniar" was submitted by the Federated States of Micronesia, and refers to a traditional storm god of Chuuk. Ewiniar was responsible for at least 30 deaths in China, which it brushed as a typhoon. The typhoon gradually weakened as it moved over colder waters, and made landfall in South Korea on July 10 as a severe tropical storm. As Ewiniar moved across the country, it passed within 30 miles (50 km) of Seoul. No tropical cyclone had come that close to Seoul in recent years. The passage of the storm brought heavy rain that triggered floods and mudslides in the southern part of the country, killing at least six people. Ewiniar became extratropical over the Sea of Japan on the same day.

Severe Tropical Storm Bilis (Florita)

Duration	Unknown – Unknown
Peak intensity	Winds not specified;

A tropical disturbance northeast of Yap developed sufficient convection to be designated a tropical depression on July 8. The depression strengthened into a tropical storm the next day, and was designated Tropical Storm Bilis by the JMA. The word "Bilis", submitted by the Philippines, means speed or swiftness. PAGASA operationally treated this storm as a typhoon for a short time on July 13, but it officially remained a tropical storm as it moved west-northwestward toward Taiwan. After moving over northern Taiwan, Bilis made landfall in Fujian, China at 12:50 p.m. LST on July 14, weakening into a tropical depression inland the next day. JMA carried the system as a tropical depression until July 17. Bilis brought very heavy rain, widespread flooding, landslides, and strong winds to the Philippines, Taiwan and areas of mainland China, causing 630 deaths and 20 billion Chinese yuan in damage.

Typhoon Kaemi (Glenda)

Duration	Unknown – Unknown
Peak intensity	Winds not specified;

A tropical depression formed on July 18 near the Caroline Islands, it quickly strengthened to tropical storm strength the same day. On July 19, the storm was named Kaemi. The name was submitted by South Korea and is a Korean word for ant. It strengthened into a severe tropical storm on July 20, and further deepened into a typhoon 24 hours later. Kaemi made landfall in Jinjiang, Fujian at 3:50 p.m. LST on July 25 as a minimal typhoon.

Typhoon Glenda was supposedly named "Gloria" but was changed by PAGASA out of protocol respect to Philippine President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo. Glenda's entry to the Philippines coincided with Arroyo's State of the Nation Address and was poked fun by protesters.

Heavy rainfall in Taiwan caused flooding and four minor injuries. Rain also fell heavily in the northern Philippines. The storm has also killed at least 32 people in China, while another 60 people are missing.

Typhoon Prapiroon (Henry)

Duration	Unknown – Unknown
Peak intensity	Winds not specified;

PAGASA named a system east of the Philippines as Tropical Depression Henry later on the same day that the JMA recognised it as a tropical depression on July 28. The JTWC upgraded this system to a tropical storm on the morning of August 1. Hong Kong Observatory also did so and issued the Tropical Cyclone Signal No. 1 that same afternoon, and shortly after the JMA upgraded the system to Tropical Storm Prapiroon. The name Prapiroon was submitted by Thailand and is the name of a Thai rain deity. The JMA upgraded the storm to a severe tropical storm on the morning of August 2. PAGASA ceased advisories on the storm shortly after as it moved out of its area of responsibility. The JTWC and the HKO upgraded Prapiroon to a typhoon at 3 a.m. UTC, while the JMA officially upgraded it to a typhoon at 12 p.m. UTC (8 p.m. local time). Prapiroon necessitated the first Tropical Cyclone Signal No. 8 in Macau this year. In Hong Kong, the flag raising ceremony at the Golden Bauhinia Square was cancelled due to strong wind. Prapiroon made landfall at 7:20 p.m. LST on August 3.

The strong winds due to the storm resulted in 70% flights being canceled, delayed or diverted in the Hong Kong International Airport, the highest since the opening in 1999. However, the airport remained open throughout the storm passage and many flights successfully landed or took off on August 3. Inbound flights were rerouted to nearby airports and outbound flights were canceled or postponed. On landfall in Guangdong province, China, it forced the evacuation of some 660,000 people and caused an estimated 5.4 billion Chinese yuan worth of damage. 77 people were reported killed.. It also affected Hunan, Guangxi and Hainan.

Severe Tropical Storm Maria

Duration	Unknown – Unknown
Peak intensity	Winds not specified;

JMA identified a tropical depression southwest of Minamitorisima on August 4 and began issuing advisories. On August 5, the system had sufficiently strengthened to be named Tropical Storm Maria. The name Maria was submitted by the United States and is a girls' name.

The JTWC designated this system as a tropical depression later that day before upgrading it to a tropical storm on August 6, while the JMA upgraded it to a severe tropical storm at 0600 UTC. Maria turned to the north, threatening Japan's mainland. JTWC briefly upgraded Maria to a typhoon on August 7, but issued its final advisory two days later as it started to turn extratropical.

Typhoon Saomai (Juan)

Duration	Unknown – Unknown
Peak intensity	Winds not specified;

The JTWC identified a tropical depression near the Caroline Islands late on August 4 UTC. The JMA designated it as such at 0000 UTC August 5. Nine hours later, the JTWC upgraded Tropical Depression 08W to a tropical storm, three hours before the JMA named it Saomai. The name is from the Vietnamese "sao Mai", meaning "Morning Star", a reference to the planet Venus.

The JTWC designated it a typhoon at 1500 UTC August 6. The JMA upgraded Saomai to a Severe Tropical Storm at 1800 UTC, and as it continued to strengthen, it was upgraded to a typhoon just 12 hours later. Saomai passed into the Area of Responsibility of PAGASA on August 8 and was named Typhoon Juan by PAGASA. On August 8, the storm underwent explosive development, and by August 9 it had become a category 5-equivalent super typhoon.

Saomai made landfall in Zhejiang, China on August 10 with maximum sustained winds of 115 knots, stronger than Chanchu earlier this season. Saomai was responsible for at least 441 deaths, mostly in China, and $1.5 billion (2006 USD) in damage.

Severe Tropical Storm Bopha (Inday)

Duration	Unknown – Unknown
Peak intensity	Winds not specified;

The JMA identified a tropical depression in the open Pacific on August 5. PAGASA named this storm late on August 5 as it was forecast to enhance the southwest monsoon and bring rains to the Philippines. JMA upgraded it to Tropical Storm Bopha on August 6. The name Bopha was submitted by Cambodia and is a flower and girls' name.

The JTWC recognised its existence as a tropical depression at 9 a.m. UTC the same day before upgrading it to a tropical storm at 3 p.m. UTC. The JMA then upgraded it to a severe tropical storm as it slowly churned westwards at 0000 UTC August 7 before downgrading it 18 hours later. Bopha unexpectedly restrengthened into a severe tropical storm at 0300 UTC August 8, before weakening back to a tropical storm at 1200 UTC.

Bopha later made landfall on Taiwan at about 2 a.m. LST on August 9. Tropical Storm Bopha then weakened into a tropical depression before degenerating into a remant low on August 10.

Tropical Storm Wukong

Duration	Unknown – Unknown
Peak intensity	Winds not specified;

Tropical Depression (11W from the JTWC) formed south of Iwo Jima on August 12. Early August 13, as it moved to the north-northwest, the JTWC upgraded it to a tropical storm. The JMA named it Wukong later that day. Wukong was submitted by People's Republic of China, and it is the name of a character in a Chinese epic. Wukong absorbed Tropical Storm Sonamu shortly before landfall in Japan. Wukong then stalled over Kyūshū, before starting to jog to the north-northwest. It was downgraded to a tropical depression on August 20.

Tropical Storm Sonamu (Katring)

Duration	Unknown – Unknown
Peak intensity	Winds not specified;

On August 13, a tropical depression formed south of Naha, Okinawa, and was named Katring by PAGASA and Sonamu by JMA. The name Sonamu was submitted by DPR Korea and signifies a pine tree. Sonamu began interacting with nearby Tropical Storm Wukong on August 15, with the outflow from the stronger Wukong producing unfavourable shear over the cyclone. The JMA declared the system a tropical depression and stopped issuing advisories on August 16. The JTWC followed shortly after.

Hurricane/Typhoon Ioke

Typhoon Ioke Super Typhoon 01C
Current storm status Typhoon  (JMA)
Current storm status Category 4 typhoon (1-min mean)
Satellite image
As of:	0900 UTC September 2
Location:	23.8°N 157.1°E About 1345 miles (2165 km) ESE of Tokyo
Sustained winds:	95 kt (175 km/h, 110 mph) (10-min mean) 110 kt (200 km/h, 125 mph) (1-min mean) gusting to 130 kt (250 km/h, 150 mph)
Pressure:	935 hPa
Movement:	West-northwest at 13 knots
See more detailed information.

On August 27, Hurricane Ioke, which had formed in the Central Pacific, crossed the International Date Line and entered the Japan Meteorological Agency's Area of Responsibility at around 0600 UTC. Ioke had earlier affected Johnston Atoll. On August 31 the center of the typhoon passed very close to Wake Island: 200 people were evacuated from in advance its approach.

Current storm information

See the main article and:

• The JMA's latest advisory on Typhoon Ioke
• JTWC latest advisory on Super Typhoon 01C (Ioke)
• NWS Guam's latest advisory on Ioke.

Other storms

These systems were not officially named as tropical storms by the JMA, although the JMA might have monitored them as tropical depressions. They were, however, designated as tropical cyclones by the Philippines (PAGASA), China (CMA), and/or the Joint Typhoon Warning Center (JTWC).

PAGASA Tropical Depression Agaton

Duration	Unknown – Unknown
Peak intensity	Winds not specified;

On January 21, a tropical depression formed about 230 km east-northeast of Hinatuan, Surigao del Sur within the Philippine area of responsibility, and was named Agaton by PAGASA for Philippine warnings. The depression weakened into a low pressure system on January 24 after landfall.

The system entered into South China Sea and became better organized. Therefore, China declared the formation of a tropical depression on January 25 (source in Chinese) and forecast that it would become a tropical storm. However, the depression failed to develop.

JTWC Tropical Storm 01W (Basyang)

Duration	Unknown – Unknown
Peak intensity	Winds not specified;

On March 4, a tropical depression formed out of a wave close to the equator southeast of Palau. The JTWC upgraded it to Tropical Storm 01W at 3 p.m. UTC the same day. The JTWC downgraded it back to a depression on March 5 due to shear, and it never regained tropical storm strength before dissipating on March 7.

In the six years since current naming conventions were introduced, this was the 12th time the JTWC recognised a tropical storm not named by the JMA, after one storm in the 2000 Pacific typhoon season, three storms in the 2001 Pacific typhoon season, two storms each in the 2002, 2003 and 2004 Pacific typhoon seasons and one in 2005.

CMA Tropical Depression 03

Duration	Unknown – Unknown
Peak intensity	Winds not specified;

On July 3, China Meteorological Administration identified a tropical depression about 200 km south of Sanya, Hainan. The depression moved northwest and made landfall at 7:10 p.m. in Hainan on the same day. On the next morning, it entered Gulf of Tonkin and strengthened slightly. Eventually, the depression made its second landfall near Guangxi/Vietnam border around noon and rapidly weakened over land.

Non-NMHS Tropical Depression

Duration	Unknown – Unknown
Peak intensity	Winds not specified;

Guangdong Regional Meteorological Centre, not a National Meteorological and Hydrological Service (for China, this is the CMA) identified a tropical depression about 300 km south of Xisha on July 21. The system remained weak and dissipated on the next morning.

JTWC Tropical Depression 13W

Duration	Unknown – Unknown
Peak intensity	Winds not specified;

In the afternoon of August 23, the China Meteorological Administration declared the formation of a tropical depression near Hainan. Hong Kong Observatory followed later that afternoon. The depression necessitated Tropical Cyclone Signal No.1 in Hong Kong and Macau, which means that the centre of a tropical cyclone is within 800 km (500 miles) of the respective Special Administrative Regions, and may later affect them. The depression made landfall at Guangdong at 5:55 am LST on August 25 and dissipated later that morning.

The JTWC designated the system as a Tropical Depression at 2100 UTC August 24, but only issued two warnings on the system.

Recent timeline of events

August

August 12

• 3 p.m. UTC - Tropical Depression 11W forms south of Iwo Jima.

August 13

• 3 a.m. UTC - The JTWC upgrades Tropical Depression 11W to Tropical Storm 11W.
• 6 a.m. UTC - The JMA names Tropical Storm 11W as Tropical Storm Wukong.
• 6 p.m. UTC - PAGASA designates 96W.INVEST as Tropical Depression Katring.
• 9 p.m. UTC - Tropical Depression 12W forms south of Naha, Okinawa.

August 14

• 12 a.m. UTC - The JMA names Tropical Depression 12W as Tropical Storm Sonamu.
• 9 a.m. UTC - The JTWC upgrades Tropical Depression 12W (Sonamu) to Tropical Storm 12W (Sonamu).

August 15

• 9 p.m. UTC - The JTWC downgrades Tropical Storm 12W (Sonamu) to a tropical depression.

August 16

• 12 a.m. UTC - The JMA downgrades Tropical Storm Sonamu to a tropical depression and issues its last advisory.
• 3 a.m. UTC - The JTWC issues its last advisory on Tropical Depression 12W (Sonamu).

August 17

• c. 3 p.m. UTC - Tropical Storm Wukong makes landfall on Kyūshū island, Japan.

August 18

• 9 a.m. UTC - The JTWC downgrades Tropical Storm 11W (Wukong) to a tropical depression.

August 19

• 3 a.m. UTC - The JTWC issues its final advisory on Tropical Depression 11W (Wukong).

August 20

• 3 a.m. UTC - The JMA downgrades Tropical Storm Wukong to a tropical depression and issues its final advisory.

August 24

• 9 p.m. UTC - Tropical Depression 13W forms west-southwest of Hong Kong.
• 9:55 p.m. UTC - Tropical Depression 13W makes landfall in Guangdong Province.

August 25

• 3 a.m. UTC - The JTWC issues its final advisory on Tropical Depression 13W.

August 27

• 6 a.m. UTC - The JMA initiates advisories on Typhoon Ioke as it enters the Western Pacific basin.
• 3 p.m. UTC - The JTWC changes warnings on Hurricane Ioke to warnings on Super Typhoon 01C (Ioke).

September

September 1

• 3 p.m. UTC - The JTWC downgrades Super Typhoon 01C (Ioke) to a typhoon.

Storm names

Western North Pacific tropical cyclones are named by the Tokyo Typhoon Centre of the Japan Meteorological Agency. Names are selected from the following lists, there is no annual list. The names were contributed by members of the WMO Typhoon Committee. Each of 14 nations or territories submitted 10 names, which are used in alphabetical order by the English name of the country. This list is the same as last year except for Pongsona, Maemi, Sudal, Rananim, Yanyan and Tingting which were replaced by Noul, Mujigae, Mirinae, Fanapi, Dolphin and Lionrock respectively. Names in gray were used in 2005, or have not yet been used this season. Active storms are marked in bold with the marker (active). Names not greyed out have been used this season. The first storm of the season was named Chanchu.

One storm, Ioke (0612) (active), entered the Western North Pacific from the Central North Pacific and hence retained its original name.

Philippines

The Philippine Atmospheric, Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration (PAGASA) uses its own naming scheme for tropical cyclones within its area of responsibility. Lists are recycled every four years. On the 2006 list, the name "Gloria" was replaced by "Glenda".

See also

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• 2006 Pacific hurricane season
• 2006 Atlantic hurricane season
• 2005-06 Southern Hemisphere tropical cyclone season
• 2006-07 Southern Hemisphere tropical cyclone season
• 2006 North Indian cyclone season

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External links

• Typhoon2000 Philippine typhoon website
• Joint Typhoon Warning Center
• Meaning of typhoon names (JMA)
• Japan Meteorological Agency - Tropical Cyclone Information (日本語)
• Digital Typhoon - Typhoon Images and Information
• PAGASA - Tropical Cyclone Information for the Phillipines
• Tropical Cyclone Information issued by Hong Kong
• Tropical Cyclone Information issued by Taiwan

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