9 new typhoon names are put into use from June 6, 2024

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11 de junio de 2024

In accordance with the resolution of the 56th session of the United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific/World Meteorological Organization (WMO) Typhoon Committee, held in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, from February 27 to March 1, on 6 June, 9 new names of typhoon including Jamjari, Tsing-ma, Tokei, Ong-mang, Amuyao, Gosari, Hodu, Sarbul, and Luc-Binh are officially unveiled.

Satellite image of a large, well-defined swirling hurricane over the ocean, showing the eye and surrounding cloud structure.

XU Yinglong, chief forecaster of the National Meteorological Centre (NMC), introduced that there were 140 names on the typhoon naming list, which were used in sequence year after year.

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