- Tropical Storm Dot
The name Dot was used to name
tropical cyclone s in the Western North Pacific and Central North Pacific.In the Central North Pacific, Dot was borrowed from the Western North Pacific name list twice;
*1959's Hurricane Dot - a Category 4 hurricane that made landfall onHawaii
*1970's Hurricane Dot - second farthest north a hurricane has formedIn the Western North Pacific, Dot was used for
*a 1955 storm of unknown strength
*1961's Typhoon Dot - a typhoon that affectedIwo Jima
*1964's Typhoon Dot - a typhoon that made landfall twice, and affected thePhilippines ,Hong Kong and eastern China
*1967's Tropical Storm Dot - a tropical storm that affected the Ryūkyū Islands in its latter stages
*1973's Typhoon Dot - made landfall just east of Hong Kong on the Chinese mainland
*1976's Tropical Storm Dot - scraped the coast of China nearShanghai before making landfall while dissipating on theKorean Peninsula
*1979's Tropical Storm Dot - affected most of The Philippines
*1982's Typhoon Dot - made landfall as a tropical depression in China.
*1985's Super Typhoon Dot - first warning issued when the storm was east-northeast ofYap , it made landfall and maintained typhoon strength through the Philippines before brushing the southern coast ofHainan and making a second landfall inVietnam
*1989's Typhoon Dot - followed a path similar to the 1985 supertyphoon, but it made landfall on Hainan, weakening before a third landfall in Vietnam
*1990's Typhoon Dot - made landfalls inTaiwan and China
*1993's Typhoon Dot - made landfall in The Philippines. Turned away from Hainan at the last moment to make landfall on mainland China.
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