The Chaozhou Chronicle 潮州府志 (1762) recorded 29 expressions for typhoon, including 回南風, 落西風, 蕩西風, 奔龍 and 鐵風篩. As cited in 李荣 (1990). "台风的本字(上)". 方言 (4). ; 李荣 (1991). "台风的本字(中)". 方言 (1). ; 李荣 (1991). "台风的本字(下)". 方言 (2). A TS is defined as a tropical cyclone with a maximum sustained wind speed of 34 knots or more and less than 48 knots. Saola will also bring storm surges to coastal low-lying areas, the Hong Kong Observatory noted, estimating Saola is currently about 440km (270 miles) from the metropolis. Edward B. Rodgers; Robert F. Adler; Harold F. Pierce (October 2000). "Contribution of Tropical Cyclones to the North Pacific Climatological Rainfall as Observed from Satellites". Journal of Applied Meteorology. 39 (10): 1662. Bibcode: 2000JApMe..39.1658R. doi: 10.1175/1520-0450(2000)039<1658:COTCTT>2.0.CO;2. hdl: 2060/19990109670. ISSN 1558-8424. Roger Graham Barry; Richard J. Chorley (2003). Atmosphere, weather, and climate. Psychology Press. p.271. ISBN 978-0-415-27170-7. Archived from the original on 2022-05-02 . Retrieved 2011-03-06.

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The most active Western Pacific typhoon season was in 1964, [ citation needed] when 39storms of tropical storm strength formed. Only 15 seasons had 30 or more storms developing since reliable records began. The least activity seen in the northwest Pacific Ocean was during the 2010 Pacific typhoon season, when only 14tropical storms and seven typhoons formed. In the Philippines, the most active season, since 1945, for tropical cyclone strikes was 1993 when nineteen tropical cyclones moved through the country. [46] There was only one tropical cyclone that moved through the Philippines in 1958. The 2004 Pacific typhoon season was the busiest for Okinawa since 1957. [47] Within Guangdong in southern China, during the past thousand years, the most active decades for typhoon strikes were the 1660s and 1670s. [48]