Typhoon Haitang, known in the Philippines as Super Typhoon Feria, was the first super typhoon of the 2005 season in the northwestern Pacific. It had winds up to at peak intensity, and caused over 18 serious injuries and 15 confirmed deaths in Taiwan and the People's Republic of China. Damage totaled about $1.17 billion (2005 USD), most of which occurred in mainland China.
Meteorological history
Impact
Taiwan
Mainland China
An estimated 15 million people were affected by the typhoon. A total of 2,151 homes were destroyed, of roads were washed out and several thousand power lines were downed by the storm
Damage to infrastructure amounted to
¥8 billion (US$1.17 billion).
See also
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Other tropical cyclones named Haitang
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Other tropical cyclones named Feria
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List of wettest tropical cyclones
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Timeline of the 2005 Pacific typhoon season
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Tropical Storm Trami (2013)
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Typhoon Nepartak (2016)
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Typhoon Herb
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Typhoon Soudelor (2015)
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Typhoon Longwang
Typhoon Longwang, known in the Philippines as Typhoon Maring, was the deadliest tropical cyclone to impact China during the 2005 Pacific typhoon season. Longwang was first identified as a tropical depression on September 25 north of the Mar ...
- Another powerful typhoon to hit Taiwan after Haitang
References
External links
JMA General Informationof Typhoon Haitang (0505) from Digital Typhoon
JMA Best Track Dataof Typhoon Haitang (0505)
JMA Best Track Data (Graphics)of Typhoon Haitang (0505)
JTWC Best Track Data
of Super Typhoon 05W (Haitang)
05W.HAITANG
from the U.S. Naval Research Laboratory
BBC news article (Taiwan)
BBC news article (China)
Reuters article
CBC article
2005 Pacific typhoon season
Typhoons in Japan
Typhoons in Taiwan
Typhoons in China
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