The name Chaba (, ) has been used to name four
tropical cyclone
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s in the northwestern Pacific Ocean. The name was contributed by
Thailand
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and refers to the
Chinese hibiscus
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**''Zhonghua minzu'', the supra-ethnic ...
(''Hibiscus rosa-sinensis'').
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Typhoon Chaba (2004) (T0416, 19W) – a Category 5 super typhoon that devastated Japan in 2004.
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Typhoon Chaba (2010)
Typhoon Chaba, known in the Philippines as Typhoon Katring, was the first typhoon to impact Japan since Typhoon Melor in October 2009. Chaba means Hibiscus in Thai.
Meteorological history
Early on 20 October, the Japan Meteorological Agency ...
(T1014, 16W, Katring) – a category 4 typhoon that approached Japan.
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Typhoon Chaba (2016)
Typhoon Chaba, known in the Philippines as Super Typhoon Igme, was the fourth most intense tropical cyclone in 2016 and the strongest tropical cyclone to make landfall in South Korea since Sanba in 2012. Chaba also caused 7 deaths in the coun ...
(T1618, 21W, Igme) – another Category 5 super typhoon that affected South Korea and Japan in October 2016.
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Typhoon Chaba (2022)
Typhoon Chaba, known in the Philippines as Tropical Depression Caloy, was a strong tropical cyclone that impacted China in early July 2022. The third named storm and the second typhoon of the annual typhoon season, Chaba developed as a low-pressu ...
(T2203, 04W, Caloy) – made landfall in southwestern Guangdong province, China; 26 people were killed when an offshore crane vessel split in half during the storm and sank
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