Typhoon Kai-tak (2000)

Map plotting the track and the intensity of the storm, according to the Saffir–Simpson scale

On July 2, a low pressure area formed north west of the Philippines and became a tropical depression on July 3 and started to drift northward, becoming a storm on the 5th and a typhoon on the 6th. Kai-tak continued northward, hitting Taiwan on the 9th. Kai-tak changed to an extratropical cyclone in the Yellow Sea on the 11th.[1][2] This extratropical cyclone landed near the Dandong city of the Liaodong Peninsula and changed course to the east, and disappeared on the 12th.[1]

This typhoon was named after Hong Kong's old international airport, Kai Tak Airport. PAGASA gave the storm the name Edeng.

The combined effects of Kai-tak and Tropical Depression Gloring led to the collapse of a large garbage pile, devastating a scavenger community with 300 shanty homes near Manila. At least 116 people died in the avalanche—some of whom were decapitated by machinery—and at least 73 others were injured.[3] 160 people were killed and 150 were missing on Luzon due to heavy rain and landslides.[4] In Taiwan, a wind of 80 knots or more when landing caused a power outage of more than 3,000 units, killing one person.[4] The China Meteorological Administration allegedly suffered an economic loss of $82 million in Zhejiang and elsewhere.[4]