Typhoon Kai-tak (Edeng)
Kai-tak near peak intensity on July 7
Meteorological history
FormedJuly 3, 2000
DissipatedJuly 10, 2000
Typhoon
10-minute sustained (JMA)
Highest winds140 km/h (85 mph)
Lowest pressure960 hPa (mbar); 28.35 inHg
Category 1-equivalent typhoon
1-minute sustained (SSHWS/JTWC)
Highest winds140 km/h (85 mph)
Overall effects
Fatalities188 total
Economic losses$82 million (2000 USD)
Areas affectedPhilippines, Taiwan, East China, Korea
IBTrACS / [1]
Part of the 2000 Pacific typhoon season

Typhoon Kai-tak, also known in the Philippines as Typhoon Edeng, was a typhoon that formed in July 2000 and brought severe impacts to the Philippines and Taiwan.

Meteorological history

Map plotting the storm's track and intensity, according to the Saffir–Simpson scale
Map key
Saffir–Simpson scale
  Tropical depression (≤38 mph, ≤62 km/h)
  Tropical storm (39–73 mph, 63–118 km/h)
  Category 1 (74–95 mph, 119–153 km/h)
  Category 2 (96–110 mph, 154–177 km/h)
  Category 3 (111–129 mph, 178–208 km/h)
  Category 4 (130–156 mph, 209–251 km/h)
  Category 5 (≥157 mph, ≥252 km/h)
  Unknown
Storm type
triangle Extratropical cyclone, remnant low, tropical disturbance, or monsoon depression

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.[2][3] This extratropical cyclone landed near the Dandong city of the Liaodong Peninsula and changed course to the east, and disappeared on the 12th.[2]

Name

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

Impact

The combined effects of Kai-tak and Tropical Depression Gloring led to the collapse of the Payatas dumpsite, a large garbage pile, devastating a scavenger community with 300 shanty homes near Manila. At least 218 people died in the avalanche — some of whom were decapitated by machinery — and at least 73 others were injured.[4] 160 people were killed and 150 were missing on Luzon due to heavy rain and landslides.[1] In Taiwan, a wind of 80 knots or more when landing caused a power outage of more than 3,000 units, killing one person.[1] The China Meteorological Administration allegedly suffered an economic loss of $82 million in Zhejiang and elsewhere.[1]

See also

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 "Typhoon (TY) 06W (Kai-Tak*)". 2000 Annaul Tropical Cyclone Report (PDF) (Report). Joint Typhoon Warning Center. p. 47. Retrieved July 16, 2023.
  2. 1 2 Annual Report on Activities of the RSMC Tokyo - Typhoon Center 2000、P.25
  3. ↑ "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.
  4. ↑ "Death toll rises to 116 as disease fears grow in Philippine dump". ReliefWeb. Agence France-Presse. July 12, 2000. Retrieved May 15, 2016.


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