The name Kulap (, ) has been used for four
tropical cyclone
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s in the western north Pacific Ocean. The name was contributed by
Thailand
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and means "rose" (). It was spelt ''Kularb'' until a 2002 update by the
World Meteorological Organization
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(WMO).
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Severe Tropical Storm Kulap (2005) (T0501, 01W) – remained over the open ocean.
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Tropical Storm Kulap (2011) (T1114, 17W, Nonoy) – a weak tropical storm that passed through the
Ryukyu Islands
The , also known as the or the , are a chain of Japanese islands that stretch southwest from Kyushu to Geography of Taiwan, Taiwan: the Ryukyu Islands are divided into the Satsunan Islands (Ōsumi Islands, Ōsumi, Tokara Islands, Tokara and A ...
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Tropical Storm Kulap (2017)
The 2017 Pacific typhoon season was a below-average season in terms of accumulated cyclone energy and the number of typhoons and super typhoons, and the first since the 1977 season to not produce a Category 5-equivalent typhoon on the Saff ...
(T1706, 09W) – absorbed by Typhoon Noru.
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Severe Tropical Storm Kulap (2022) (T2217, 19W) – remained over the open ocean.
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