The name Sonca has been used to name four
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 northwestern Pacific Ocean. The name was contributed by
Vietnam
Vietnam, officially the Socialist Republic of Vietnam (SRV), is a country at the eastern edge of mainland Southeast Asia, with an area of about and a population of over 100 million, making it the world's List of countries and depende ...
and means a
lark
Larks are passerine birds of the family Alaudidae. Larks have a cosmopolitan distribution with the largest number of species occurring in Africa. Only a single species, the horned lark, occurs in North America, and only Horsfield's bush lark occ ...
(see ).
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Typhoon Sonca (2005)
The 2005 Pacific typhoon season was the least active typhoon season since 2000, producing 23 named storms, of which 13 became typhoons (including 3 super typhoons). It was an event in the annual cycle of tropical cyclone formation, in which tropi ...
(T0503, 03W, Bising) – remained out to sea.
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Typhoon Sonca (2011)
The 2011 Pacific typhoon season was a below average season that produced a total of 21 named storms, 8 typhoons, and four super typhoons. This season was much more active than the previous season, although both seasons were below the Pacific ty ...
(T1116, 19W) – skirted the eastern coast of Japan.
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Tropical Storm Sonca (2017)
Tropical Storm Sonca (transliterated from Vietnamese Sơn Ca), was a weak tropical cyclone that impacted Mainland Southeast Asia, Indochina during the end of July 2017. As the 10th named storm of the 2017 Pacific typhoon season, Tropical Storm So ...
(T1708, 08W) – a weak storm that struck Vietnam.
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Tropical Storm Sonca (2022)
Tropical Storm Sonca (transliterated from Vietnamese Sơn Ca), was a weak but damaging tropical storm that impacted Vietnam in mid-October 2022. The thirtieth tropical depression, and nineteenth tropical storm of the 2022 Pacific typhoon season, ...
(T2219, 22W) – a weak storm that struck Vietnam.
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