9 new typhoon names are put into use from June 6, 2024
11 June 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.
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- China Meteorological Administration (CMA)
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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