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The heavy damage on the island prompted the Japan Meteorological Agency to give Sarah the special name of the "Miyakojima Typhoon". [10] Sarah was part of a series of typhoons striking the island in 1959, causing food shortages that forced the population to change their diet. [11] The storm brushed Okinawa with gusts of 135 km/h (85 mph). [1]
Between 1947 and 2000, eleven names of significant tropical cyclones were retired from the list of names used by the United States Joint Typhoon Warning Center. [10] During this time other names were removed from the naming lists, including in 1979 when the lists of names used were revised to include both male and female names.
Typhoon Sarah (1951) Typhoon Sarah (1956) Typhoon Sarah (1959) – Category 5-equivalent typhoon that devastated South Korea, killing at least 2,000 people; also known as the Miyakojima Typhoon; Typhoon Sarah (1962) Tropical Storm Sarah (1965) (T6503, 03W) Tropical Storm Sarah (1971) (T7101, 01W) Tropical Storm Sarah (1973) (T7319, 21W)
The first are the international names assigned to a tropical cyclone by the Japan Meteorological Agency (JMA) or the Joint Typhoon Warning Center (JTWC). The second set of names are local names assigned to a tropical cyclone by the Philippine Atmospheric, Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration. This system often ends up with a ...
The typhoon's winds then peaked at 170 km/h (105 mph) on August 22, before they weakened to tropical storm strength. [24] The storm moved over the coast of China near Kao-Chi, where it rapidly became extratropical and dissipated on August 23. [2] Typhoon Iris caused rough seas off the coast of Luzon, sinking at least two ships and killing 89 ...
Over the next six years, a new list of names was developed ahead of each season; in 1960, forecasters developed four alphabetical sets and repeated them every four years. [6] These new sets followed the example of the typhoon names and excluded names beginning with the letters Q, U, X, Y, and Z, and keeping them to female names only. [6]
Typhoon Sarah (1959) V. Typhoon Vera This page was last edited on 19 December 2023, at 17:55 (UTC). Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution ...
It reached its peak intensity with 105 mph winds. It made landfall in Philippines as a category 2 typhoon and this made Polly to weaken to a tropical storm and dissipated. On Philippines, Polly brought 105 mph winds and 11 inch rains in the Philippines on December 8. The typhoon killed 79 people and left $2.5 million (1956 dollars) in damage.