Typhoon Kai-tak (2000)

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.

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

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
See also: Payatas landslide

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. "Typhoon (TY) 06W (Kai-Tak*)". 2000 Annaul Tropical Cyclone Report (PDF) (Report). Joint Typhoon Warning Center. p. 47. Retrieved July 16, 2023.
  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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