The name Fitow has been used to name three
tropical cyclone
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s in the northwestern
Pacific Ocean
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. The name was contributed by the
Federated States of Micronesia
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and is the name of a flower, ''
Calophyllum inophyllum'', in the
Yapese language
Yapese is an Austronesian language in the Oceanic branch spoken on the island of Yap, in the Federated States of Micronesia. It has been difficult to classify the language further, but Yapese may prove to be one of the Admiralty Islands langu ...
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Tropical Storm Fitow (2001) (T0114, 18W) – struck Hainan island and mainland China, killing 4.
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Typhoon Fitow (2007)
Typhoon Fitow was the ninth named tropical storm of the 2007 Pacific typhoon season that made landfall in Japan during early September.
At its peak, it was thought to have been a minimal Category 2 typhoon by the JTWC, but was, in post-storm analy ...
(T0709, 10W) – struck Japan, killing at least 2.
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Typhoon Fitow (2013) (T1323, 22W, Quedan) – damaging typhoon that struck China at Fuding in Fujian province.
The name ''Fitow'' was retired after the 2013 season, and replaced with ''
Mun
MUN may refer to:
People
* Mun, another spelling of Moon (Korean name), Korean family and personal name
*Mun (surname)
* Ajahn Mun (1870–1949), Thai ''bhikkhu'' (Buddhist monk)
Places
* Mun, Hautes-Pyrénées, a commune in the Hautes-Pyrénà ...
'' in the 2019 Pacific typhoon season, which refers to
Yapese for the month of
June
June is the sixth and current month of the year in the Julian and Gregorian calendars—the latter the most widely used calendar in the world. Its length is 30 days. June succeeds May and precedes July. This month marks the start of su ...
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