Typhoon Kai-tak (2000)

Typhoon Kai-tak, known in the Philippines as Typhoon Edeng, was a typhoon that formed in July 2000.

Typhoon Kai-tak (Edeng)
Typhoon (JMA scale)
Category 1 typhoon (SSHWS)
FormedJuly 3, 2000
DissipatedJuly 10, 2000
Highest winds10-minute sustained: 140 km/h (85 mph)
1-minute sustained: 140 km/h (85 mph)
Lowest pressure960 hPa (mbar); 28.35 inHg
Fatalities188 total
Areas affectedPhilippines, Taiwan, China
Part of the 2000 Pacific typhoon season

Meteorological history
track of Kai-Tak

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 Taiwan on the 9th. Kai-tak changed to an extratropical cyclone in the Yellow Sea on the 11th.[1][2] This extratropical cyclone landed near the Dandong city of the Liaodong Peninsula and changed course to the east, and disappeared on the 12th.[1]

Name

This typhoon was named after Hong Kong's old international airport, Kai Tak Airport. Also, PAGASA named the storm Edeng.

Impact

The combined effects of Kai-tak and Tropical Depression Gloring led to the collapse of a large garbage pile, devastating a scavenger community with 300 shanty homes near Manila. At least 116 people died in the avalanche—some of whom were decapitated by machinery—and at least 73 others were injured.[3] 160 people were killed and 150 were missing on Luzon due to heavy rain and landslides.[4] In Taiwan, a wind of 80 knots or more when landing caused a power outage of more than 3,000 units, killing one person.[4] The China Meteorological Administration allegedly suffered an economic loss of $82 million in Zhejiang and elsewhere.[4]

References
  1. Annual Report on Activities of the RSMC Tokyo - Typhoon Center 2000、P.25
  2. "デジタル台風：台風200004号 (KAI-TAK) - 詳細経路情報". agora.ex.nii.ac.jp. Retrieved 2020-08-12.
  3. "Death toll rises to 116 as disease fears grow in Philippine dump". ReliefWeb. Agence France-Presse. July 12, 2000. Retrieved May 15, 2016.
  4. Annual Tropical Cyclone Reports. P.47
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