The name Wasa was later retired GiveUp , from the list of tropical cyclone names by the World Meteorological Organization .

According to Institute of Geophysics , wind speed was 80 km/h ; Meteorological Organization of Iran reported Reporting 120 km/h .

Fern peaked north of Yap on December 26 , with JTWC assessing winds of 150 km/h ( 90 mph ) , while the Regional Specialized Meteorological Center , Japan Meteorological Agency ( JMA ) assessed Testing peak winds of , just below typhoon strength .

Fern peaked north of Yap on December 26 , with JTWC assessing winds of 150 km/h ( 90 mph ) , while the Regional Specialized Meteorological Center , Japan Meteorological Agency ( JMA ) assessed Testing peak winds of , just below typhoon strength .

According to the Japan Meteorological Agency , Saomai was the seventh tropical storm and fifth typhoon of the season .

Dean 's Category 5 landfall was in a sparsely populated Surrounding area and thus far less damaging Damaging than Andrew 's , even though Dean was much larger , but its long swath of damage Damaging resulted in Causation its name retirement from the World Meteorological Organization 's Atlantic hurricane naming Name_conferral lists .

The cyclone attained Getting peak intensity March 30 , with maximum sustained winds estimated 230 km/h ( 145 mph ) according to the Regional Specialized Meteorological Center , Météo-France in La Réunion .

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A paper published Publishing by the Zambia Meteorological Department asserted Statement that Bonita was the first storm confirmed Check to have tracked Self_motion across the African continent from the South-West Indian Ocean to the Southern Atlantic Ocean .

The World Meteorological Organization retired the name `` Diana '' following the season due Causation to the extensive loss Earnings_and_losses of life and damage Damaging caused Causation by the storm Catastrophe .

Choi-wan attained Getting its peak intensity on September 15 , as it moved Motion through the Northern Mariana Islands with the Japan Meteorological Agency reporting Reporting peak windspeeds of 195 km/h ( 120 mph ) .

On December 3 , the Regional Specialized Meteorological Centre ( RSMC ) in Nadi , Fiji , upgraded Cause_to_make_progress a tropical disturbance , located to the west of the Solomon Islands , to Tropical Depression 04F .

On May 13 , Chanchu entered Arriving the South China Sea and became Becoming a typhoon , according to the Japan Meteorological Agency ( JMA ) .

The JTWC discontinued Process_end warnings Warning on December 4 , while the Japanese Meteorological Agency ( JMA ) continued to track Recording the storm until it crossed Motion_directional the International Date Line again on December 7 .

The name Erwin was chosen Choosing by the Free University of Berlin , while the storm Catastrophe was named Name_conferral Gudrun by the Norwegian Meteorological Institute and was the name used Using in Sweden .

Meteorological records Recording indicate that warm moisture arising from the Gulf Stream fed Supply the storm Catastrophe 's energy when it encountered its cold air and greatly increased Cause_change_of_position_on_a_scale the precipitation .

Typhoon Rammasun , known Know in the Philippines as Typhoon Butchoy , was recognized Know as the second typhoon of the 2008 Pacific typhoon season by the Japan Meteorological Agency ( JMA ) and the Philippine Atmospheric , Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration ( PAGASA ) .

On May 7 both the JTWC and the Japan Meteorological Agency designated Choosing the disturbance as a tropical depression , while PAGASA named Name_conferral the depression Butchoy .

On May 19 , the cyclone Catastrophe made Causation landfall Arriving along northwestern Myanmar near Sittwe , with maximum sustained winds estimated at 165 km/h ( 105 mph ) by the India Meteorological Department .

In post-analysis , the Japan Meteorological Agency ( JMA ) downgraded Cause_change_of_position_on_a_scale Talas from a minimal typhoon to a minimal severe tropical storm .

The system ultimately became Becoming extratropical on July 24 , and was last noted by the Japan Meteorological Agency a week later near the Kamchatka Peninsula .

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Due Causation to the destruction Destroying , the World Meteorological Organization retired GiveUp the name `` Floyd '' .

For various reasons that remain unknown , the cyclone Catastrophe was only designated Giving a name by the time it had crossed Motion_directional into the area of responsibility of the Regional Specialized Meteorological Center in Réunion .

Cyclone Ulli ( also named Name_conferral Cyclone Emil by the Norwegian Meteorological Institute ) was an intense and deadly European windstorm .

With a favorable upper-level environment and warm sea surface temperatures , it rapidly intensified Cause_change_of_strength to attain Getting peak winds of 235 km/h ( 145 mph ) on June 4 , according to the India Meteorological Department .