People began to name typhoons in the early 20th century. It is said that the first person to name a typhoon was an Australian forecaster in the early 20th century. He named the tropical cyclone after a political figure he did not like. Therefore, weathermen can openly joke about it. In the Northwest Pacific, official naming of typhoons after people began in 1945. At first, only women's names were used. Later, it is said that due to opposition from feminists, a man's name and a woman's name were used alternately starting in 1979. It was not until November 25 to December 1, 1997 that the 30th meeting of the Typhoon Committee of the World Meteorological Organization (WMO) held in Hong Kong decided that tropical cyclones in the northwest Pacific and the South China Sea should be named with Asian-style names, and decided to use Asian-style names. The new naming method will be used from January 1, 2000. The new naming method is a naming list that is developed in advance and then recycled year after year in order. There are 140 names in the naming list, including Cambodia, China, North Korea, Hong Kong, Japan, Laos, Macau, Malaysia, Micronesia, Philippines, South Korea, Thailand, the United States and Vietnam in the Asia-Pacific region to which WMO belongs. Provided by 14 member countries and regions. 10 names are provided for each country or region. These 140 names are divided into 10 groups, with 14 names in each group. Listed in alphabetical order by the English name of each member state. Use in sequence. That is, the list of tropical cyclone names in the northwest Pacific and the South China Sea. at the same time. Keep the original tropical cyclone numbers. Specifically, each name should not exceed 9 letters; be easy to pronounce; have no bad meaning in the language of each member; will not cause any difficulties to the members; is not the name of a commercial organization; the name selected should be well received by all members If any member objects, the name cannot be used as a typhoon name.
Browse the typhoon naming list. People's names are rarely used anymore, and most of them use the names of animals, plants, food, etc. Some names are certain adjectives or beautiful legends, such as Jade Rabbit, Wukong, etc. The name "Dujuan" was provided by China. It is the rhododendron we are familiar with: the "Korowang" that landed in our country some time ago was provided by Cambodia and is the name of a tree: "Morak" was provided by Thailand, meaning emerald: "Ibudu" is A name provided by the Philippines meaning a chimney or water pipe that carries rainwater from a roof to a gutter.
The actual naming and use of typhoons is the responsibility of the Tokyo Regional Professional Meteorological Center of the Japan Meteorological Agency. When the Japan Meteorological Agency determines that a tropical cyclone in the northwest Pacific or the South China Sea has tropical storm intensity, it will give a name according to the list. And also give a four-digit number. The first two digits in the number are the year, and the last two digits are the order in which tropical storms were generated in that year. For example, 0704, Tropical Storm No. 4 in 2007.
According to regulations, a tropical cyclone keeps its name throughout its life, whether it strengthens or weakens. For example, tropical storm No. 0704, severe tropical storms and typhoons all have English names of "Man-Yi" and Chinese names of "Man-Yi". In order to avoid unnecessary confusion caused by multiple translators, the China Central Meteorological Observatory, the Hong Kong Observatory, and the Macao Geophysical and Meteorological Observatory of China have determined a unified set of Chinese translations through consultation.
Under normal circumstances, the pre-established naming list is recycled year after year in order, but in special circumstances, the naming list will also make some adjustments, such as when a typhoon causes particularly serious disasters. After the typhoon became infamous due to disasters or casualties, it became a well-known public name. In order to prevent it from having the same name as other typhoons, members of the Typhoon Committee can apply to delete the name it uses from the naming list, that is, this name will be permanently named to this tropical cyclone, and other tropical cyclones will no longer use this name. When the name of a typhoon is deleted from the naming list, the Typhoon Committee will add the name of the tropical cyclone based on the suggestions of relevant members.