Typhoon Kai-tak (2000)

This article is about the 2000 typhoon. For other storms of the same name, see List of storms named Kai-tak and List of storms named Edeng.

Typhoon Kai-tak, also known in the Philippines as Typhoon Edeng, was a typhoon that formed in early 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
Formed	July 3, 2000
Dissipated	July 10, 2000
Typhoon
10-minute sustained (JMA)
Highest winds	140 km/h (85 mph)
Lowest pressure	960 hPa (mbar); 28.35 inHg
Category 1-equivalent typhoon
1-minute sustained (SSHWS/JTWC)
Highest winds	140 km/h (85 mph)
Overall effects
Fatalities	16 direct, 218 indirect
Economic losses	$82 million (2000 USD)
Areas affected	Philippines, 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

Tropical cyclone

Subtropical cyclone

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.^{[citation needed]}

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

• Tropical cyclones portal

• Typhoon Olga (1999)