Recently, meteorological experts said that typhoon mangosteen is so destructive and influential that they decided to remove it from the World Meteorological Organization. Is typhoon mangosteen really removed? Let's have a look.
Has the name of typhoon mangosteen been permanently removed
According to the Philippine military on September 16, a landslide triggered by typhoon mangosteen caused the collapse of a mine in northern Philippines, killing 30 miners and missing 13.
On September 16 in China, 15 people were injured in Macao and 2 people died in Guangdong Province.
In view of the bad effects caused by typhoon mangosteen, meteorological experts say mangosteen may be removed from the World Meteorological Organization.
In fact, it's not the first time that the name of mangosteen has been removed. In his previous life, there was a "Durian" who was also removed from the name. Let's have a look.
Super Typhoon Durian (English: Typhoon Durian, translated by Taiwan, Hong Kong, Macao and Ma Xin, international No.: 0621, JTWC No.: 24W, classification of Taiwan Central Meteorological Bureau: strong typhoon), is the 21st tropical cyclone in 2006 Pacific typhoon season. 'durian' (Thai: &ා3607; &ා3640; &ා3648; &ා3619; &ා3637; &ා3618; &ා3609;) is a name provided by Thailand and a favorite fruit of Thai people. Due to the great disaster caused by durian, the name durian was retired and replaced by "mangosteen" at the 39th meeting of the Typhoon Committee of the World Meteorological Organization on December 4-9, 2006.
Damage caused by Typhoon Durian:
At that time, according to the Philippine government, Typhoon Durian killed 526 people, left 740 missing and affected 1 million people directly.
Before noon on December 5 of that year, it landed in Penang Province, southwest of Ho Chi Minh City. On the island of Fuguo, 800 boats sank, about 1100 buildings were blown off their roofs, and 90% of the poles were blown down. Fifty five people were killed and 26 missing in durian Vietnam.