User:Tfmbty/2001 Pacific typhoon season
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The 2001 Pacific typhoon season has no official bounds; it ran year-round in 2001, but most tropical cyclones tend to form in the northwestern Pacific Ocean between May and November.[1] These dates conventionally delimit the period of each year when most tropical cyclones form in the northwestern Pacific Ocean.
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Tfmbty/2001 Pacific typhoon season | |
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Seasonal boundaries | |
First system formed | February 17, 2001 |
Last system dissipated | December 29, 2001 |
Strongest storm | |
Name | Faxai |
• Maximum winds | 295 km/h (185 mph) (1-minute sustained) |
• Lowest pressure | 910 hPa (mbar) |
Seasonal statistics | |
Total depressions | 45 |
Total storms | 26 |
Typhoons | 16 |
Super typhoons | 3 (unofficial) |
Total fatalities | 1287 total |
Total damage | $2.3 billion (2001 USD) |
Related articles | |
Pacific typhoon seasons 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003 |
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The scope of this article is limited to the Pacific Ocean, north of the equator and west of the international date line. Storms that form east of the date line and north of the equator are called hurricanes; see 2001 Pacific hurricane season. Tropical Storms formed in the entire west pacific basin are assigned a name by the Tokyo Typhoon Center. Tropical depressions in this basin have the