Typhoon Haitang (2005)

Template:Short description Template:Infobox weather eventTemplate:Infobox weather event/JMATemplate:Infobox weather event/JTWCTemplate:Infobox weather event/EffectsTemplate:Infobox weather event/Footer Typhoon Haitang, known in the Philippines as Super Typhoon Feria, was the first super typhoon of the 2005 season in the northwestern Pacific. It had winds up to at peak intensity, and caused over 18 serious injuries and 15 confirmed deaths in Taiwan and the People's Republic of China. Damage totaled about $1.17 billion (2005 USD), most of which occurred in mainland China.

Meteorological history

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Map plotting the storm's track and intensity, according to the Saffir–Simpson scale

Map key

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Impact

Mainland China

An estimated 15 million people were affected by the typhoon. A total of 2,151 homes were destroyed, of roads were washed out and several thousand power lines were downed by the storm Damage to infrastructure amounted to ¥8 billion (US$1.17 billion).

See also

• Other tropical cyclones named Haitang
• Other tropical cyclones named Feria
• List of wettest tropical cyclones
• Timeline of the 2005 Pacific typhoon season
• Typhoon Soulik (2013)
• Tropical Storm Trami (2013)
• Typhoon Nepartak (2016)
• Typhoon Herb
• Typhoon Soudelor (2015)
• Typhoon Longwang - Another powerful typhoon to hit Taiwan after Haitang

External links

• JMA General Information of Typhoon Haitang (0505) from Digital Typhoon
• JMA Best Track Data of Typhoon Haitang (0505) Template:In lang
• JMA Best Track Data (Graphics) of Typhoon Haitang (0505)
• JMA Best Track Data (Text)
• JTWC Best Track Data of Super Typhoon 05W (Haitang)
• 05W.HAITANG from the U.S. Naval Research Laboratory
• BBC news article (Taiwan)
• BBC news article (China)
• Reuters articleTemplate:Cbignore
• CBC article
• Guardian Unlimited
• Xinhua (China)