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TROPICAL CYCLONES IN 2018

Table 4.2    Tropical cyclone warnings for shipping issued in 2018

Tropical Cyclone Name
No. of warnings
issued
Date and time of issue of
Duration
(hours)
First warning
Last warning
Date/Month
Time+
Date/Month
Time+
Tropical Storm Bolaven 12 3/ 1 0000 4/ 1 0600 30
*Tropical Storm Ewiniar 48 2/ 6 1200 8/ 6 0900 141
Tropical Storm Gaemi 15 14/ 6 0300 15/ 6 1800 39
Super Typhoon Maria 10 10/ 7 0900 11/ 7 1200 27
*Tropical Storm Son-Tinh
(First passage)
22 16/ 7 0600 18/ 7 2100 63
*(Second passage) 21 21/ 7 1800 24/ 7 0300 57
Tropical Depression 19 21/ 7 0300 23/ 7 0300 48
*Severe Tropical Storm Bebinca 65 9/ 8 0900 17/ 8 0300 186
Tropical Storm Yagi 8 12/ 8 0000 12/ 8 2100 21
Tropical Storm Rumbia 6 15/ 8 1800 16/ 8 0900 15
Tropical Depression 17 23/ 8 0300 25/ 8 0300 48
*Tropical Storm Barijat 27 10/ 9 0300 13/ 9 0900 78
*Super Typhoon Mangkhut 26 14/ 9 0900 17/ 9 1200 75
*Super Typhoon Yutu 39 29/10 0900 2/11 2100 108
Tropical Depression Toraji 11 17/11 0600 18/11 1200 30
Severe Tropical Storm Usagi 40 20/11 2100 25/11 1500 114
Tropical Depression 7 29/12 0300 29/12 2100 18
Total 393         1029

* Tropical cyclones for which tropical cyclone warning signals were issued in Hong Kong.
+ Times are given in UTC.