The name Matmo has been used to name three
tropical cyclone
A tropical cyclone is a rapidly rotating storm system with a low-pressure area, a closed low-level atmospheric circulation, strong winds, and a spiral arrangement of thunderstorms that produce heavy rain and squalls. Depending on its locat ...
s in the Western North Pacific Ocean. It means "heavy rain" in the
Chamorro language
Chamorro (, ; orthern Mariana Islandsor uam
UAM or Uam may refer to:
Universities
*Arturo Michelena University (''Universidad Arturo Michelena''), Valencia, Venezuela
*Autonomous University of Madrid (''Universidad Autonóma de Madrid''), Spain
*Universidad Autónoma Metropolitana, Mexico
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) is an Austronesian languages, Austronesian language spoken by about 58,000 people, numbering about 25,800 on Guam and about 32,200 in the Northern Mariana Islands and elsewhere.
It is the h ...
. Matmo replaced
Chataan after the damaging 2002 typhoon.
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Severe Tropical Storm Matmo (2008) (T0803, 04W, Dindo) – remained out to sea
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Typhoon Matmo (2014)
Typhoon Matmo, known in the Philippines as Typhoon Henry, was the first tropical cyclone to impact Taiwan in 2014. It was the tenth named storm and the fourth typhoon of the 2014 Pacific typhoon season. The typhoon is believed to be one of the ma ...
(T1410, 10W, Henry) – a typhoon that struck Taiwan and mainland China
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Severe Tropical Storm Matmo (2019) (T1422, 23W, BOB 04) – a long-lasting storm that struck Vietnam and regenerated in the Bay of Bengal
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