THE 2012 WESTERN PACIFIC TYPHOON SEASON:

Part 2

AFTER SEPTEMBER 20TH

Walter Hays, Global Alliance for Disaster Reduction, University of

North Carolina, USA

NAMES OF THE STORMS OF 2012

• PAKHAR – March 27

• MARWAR – May 31-June 6

• TALIM – June 8

• DOKSURI – June 25-30

• VICENTE – July 24-25

• SAOLA – July 28

• DAMREY – August 1

NAMES OF THE STORMS OF 2012

• HAIKUI – August 6

• KIROGI – August 9

• TAI-TAK – August 16

• TEMBIN – August 18

• BOLAVEN – September 4

• SAMBA – THE WORST, September 12

• JELAWAT – September 20

NAMES OF THE STORMS OF 2012

• JELAWAT – September 20

• EWINIAR – September 24

• MALEKSI – September 29

• GAEMI – September 29

• PRAPIROON – October 7

• MARIA – October 14

18 STORM TRACKS AS OF SEPTEMBER 28, 2012

22 STORM TRACKS AS OF

OCTOBER 21, 2012

CUMMULATIVE SOCIETAL IMPACTS

AS OF SEPT 28th

458 DEAD

$3.36 BILLION

TROPICAL STORM JELAWAT:EAST OF GUAM: SEPT. 20

JELAWAT, THE 17TH STORM OF THE SEASON, EVENTUALLY REACHED TOKYO, JAPAN,

IMPACTING 100 MILLION PEOPLE WITH MANY INJURIES,

BUT FEW DEATHS

TROPICAL STORM EWINIAR FORMS WEST OF GUAM: SEPTEMBER 20

TYPHOON JELAWAT’S PATH: SEPT. 20 - OCT. 1, 2012

TYPHOON JELAWAT:SEPTEMBER 28

The wind field that reached 300 kph when Typhoon Jelawat jumped over

Okinawa decreased to 120 kph when it reached Tokyo .

WIND OVERTURNED A VEHICLE IN NAHA CITY, OKINAWA

TYPHOON EWINIAR FORMED NEAR GUAM: SEPTEMBER 24

TYPHOON MALEKSI: FORMED NEAR CHUUK; SEPTEMBER 29

TYPHOON GAEMI NEAR VIETNAM:SEPTEMBER 29

TROPICAL STORM PRAPIROON NEAR GUAM:OCTOBER 7

TROPICAL STORM MARIA: OCTOBER 14

CUMMULATIVE SOCIETAL IMPACTS

AS OF OCT. 12th

472 DEAD

> $3.36 BILLION