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The 1959 Pacific typhoon season was regarded as one of the most devastating years for Pacific typhoons on record, with China, Japan and South Korea sustaining catastrophic losses. [1] It was an event in the annual cycle of tropical cyclone formation. The season had no official bounds, but tropical cyclones in the Western Pacific Ocean normally ...
Typhoon Harriet (1956) – struck Japan. Typhoon Harriet (1959) (58W) – hit the Eastern Philippines as a Category 4-equivalent typhoon, caused considerable property and crop damage on Luzon. Tropical Storm Harriet (1962) – hit Thailand, crossed into the North Indian Ocean where it hit East Pakistan, causing over 50,000 deaths. Typhoon ...
Pages in category "1959 Pacific typhoon season" The following 10 pages are in this category, out of 10 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. ...
1 Harriet: October 19–31, 1962: Western Pacific and North Indian Ocean Bangladesh, Thailand 50,935 [35] [12] 1 Three: May 25–29, 1963: North Indian Ocean Bangladesh 11,520 [12] 4 Flora: September 26 – October 12, 1963: North Atlantic The Caribbean, Florida 7,193 [36] 5 "Rameswaram" December 18–24, 1964: North Indian Ocean Sri Lanka ...
Tropical Storm Harriet was a rather weak but extremely deadly tropical cyclone that hit Thailand and East Pakistan in October 1962. It formed in the South China Sea before making landfall in Southern Thailand and crossing the Malay Peninsula into the Bay of Bengal .
The most destructive was Typhoon Vera (known in Japan as the Isewan Typhoon), with 5,000 casualties in the Tokai region in September 1959. The costliest to affect Japan (and the second costliest in the Western Pacific basin when not adjusted for inflation) was Typhoon Hagibis (also known as the Reiwa 1 East Japan Typhoon), which caused $17.3 ...
Harriet Galbraith had bridal photos taken in 1959 in Washington, D.C. She was just 21 years old at the time, was a model for John Robert Powers, and was engaged to be married.
In 2020, no storms struck the island, marking the first typhoon-free year in Taiwan in more than 50 years. [146] In summer and fall, tropical cyclones typically produce 43.5% of the island's rainfall. [147] In August 1959, Typhoon Joan struck southeastern Taiwan with winds of 295 km/h (183 mph), according to the JTWC. [148]