Typhoon Kai-tak, also known in the

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as Typhoon Edeng, was a

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that formed in early July

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and brought severe impacts to the Philippines and

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Meteorological history

On July 2, a low pressure area formed north west of the Philippines and became a tropical depression on July 3 and started to drift northward, becoming a storm on the 5th and a typhoon on the 6th. Kai-tak continued northward, hitting

on the 9th. Kai-tak changed to an

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in the

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on the 11th.Annual Report on Activities of the RSMC Tokyo - Typhoon Center 2000、P.25 This extratropical cyclone landed near the Dandong city of the

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and changed course to the east, and disappeared on the 12th.

Name

This typhoon was named after Hong Kong's old international airport,

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. PAGASA gave the storm the name Edeng.

Impact

The combined effects of Kai-tak and Tropical Depression Gloring led to the collapse of the Payatas dumpsite, a large garbage pile, devastating a scavenger community with 300 shanty homes near

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. At least 218 people died in the avalanche — some of whom were decapitated by machinery — and at least 73 others were injured. 160 people were killed and 150 were missing on Luzon due to heavy rain and landslides. In Taiwan, a wind of 80 knots or more when landing caused a power outage of more than 3,000 units, killing one person. The

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allegedly suffered an economic loss of $82 million in

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and elsewhere.

References

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