Typhoon Son-Tinh

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At 09:30 UTC on October 21, the Joint Typhoon Warning Center (JTWC) began to monitor an area of convection that was located approximately {{convert|95|nmi|km}} to the southeast of Palau. At the time, it had persistent deep convection over the southern side of its poorly-organized low-level circulation center, and was under a marginal environment of weak vertical wind shear and diffluent northeasterly flow.{{Cite JTWC|date=October 21, 2012|time=0930Z|type=abpw|reissued=1|url=http://weather.noaa.gov/pub/data/raw/ab/abpw10.pgtw..txt|archive-url=https://archive.today/20240523132837/https://www.webcitation.org/6Bb9INB0b?url=http://weather.noaa.gov/pub/data/raw/ab/abpw10.pgtw..txt|archive-date=May 23, 2024|access-date=December 22, 2023}} Three hours later, the Japan Meteorological Agency (JMA) designated the low as a tropical depression, before initiating advisories on the system early by the next day.{{cite report|title=WWJP25 RJTD 211200|url=http://weather.noaa.gov/pub/data/raw/ww/wwjp25.rjtd..txt|publisher=Japan Meteorological Agency|date=October 21, 2012|archive-date=May 23, 2024|archive-url=https://archive.today/20240523132639/https://www.webcitation.org/6Ba6u6XVg?url=http://weather.noaa.gov/pub/data/raw/ww/wwjp25.rjtd..txt|access-date=December 22, 2023}}{{cite report|title=RSMC Tropical Cyclone Advisory 220000|url=http://weather.noaa.gov/pub/data/raw/wt/wtpq20.rjtd..txt|publisher=Japan Meteorological Agency|date=October 22, 2012|archive-date=May 23, 2024|archive-url=https://archive.today/20240523132759/https://www.webcitation.org/6Bb98soOS?url=http://gwydir.demon.co.uk/advisories/WTPQ20-RJTD_201210220000.htm|access-date=December 22, 2023}} As it moved westward, it organized its broad center, with curved banding wrapping into it.{{Cite JTWC|date=October 22, 2012|time=0600Z|type=abpw|url=http://weather.noaa.gov/pub/data/raw/ab/abpw10.pgtw..txt|archive-url=https://archive.today/20240523132837/https://www.webcitation.org/6Bb9INB0b?url=http://weather.noaa.gov/pub/data/raw/ab/abpw10.pgtw..txt|archive-date=May 23, 2024|access-date=December 22, 2023}} By 10:30 UTC on October 22, the JTWC issued a Tropical Cyclone Formation Alert on the system, as it continued to improve its structure.{{Cite JTWC|date=October 22, 2012|type=tcfa|designation=92W|url=http://weather.noaa.gov/pub/data/raw/ab/abpw10.pgtw..txt|archive-url=http://web.archive.org/web/20121023000000/http://weather.noaa.gov/pub/data/raw/ab/abpw10.pgtw..txt|archive-date=October 23, 2012|access-date=December 22, 2023}} [https://mtarchive.geol.iastate.edu/2012/10/22/text/Severe/Severe_22.txt Alt URL] Five hours later, the PAGASA started issuing advisories on the tropical depression, as it developed in the Philippine Area of Responsibility (PAR), assigning its local name Ofel.{{cite report|title=Tropical Depression "OFEL" Severe Weather Bulletin Number ONE|url=http://www.pagasa.dost.gov.ph/wb/tcupdate.shtml|publisher=Philippine Atmospheric, Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration|date=October 22, 2012|archive-date=May 23, 2024|archive-url=https://archive.today/20240523132919/https://www.webcitation.org/6Bcg3i3YD?url=http://gwydir.demon.co.uk/advisories/TCUPDATE_201210221500.htm|access-date=December 22, 2023}} Late on the next day, both the JMA and PAGASA reported that the tropical depression intensifed into a tropical storm, with the former naming it Son-Tinh.{{cite report|title=RSMC Tropical Cyclone Advisory 231800|url=http://weather.noaa.gov/pub/data/raw/wt/wtpq20.rjtd..txt|publisher=Japan Meteorological Agency|date=October 23, 2012|archive-date=May 23, 2024|archive-url=https://archive.today/20240523133121/https://www.webcitation.org/6Bf7NvYKP?url=http://gwydir.demon.co.uk/advisories/WTPQ20-RJTD_201210231800.htm|access-date=December 22, 2023}}{{cite report|title=Tropical Storm "OFEL" (SON-TINH) Severe Weather Bulletin Number SIX|url=http://www.pagasa.dost.gov.ph/wb/tcupdate.shtml|publisher=Philippine Atmospheric, Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration|date=October 23, 2012|archive-date=May 23, 2024|archive-url=https://archive.today/20240523133358/https://www.webcitation.org/6BfD34f35?url=http://gwydir.demon.co.uk/advisories/TCUPDATE_201210232100.htm|access-date=December 22, 2023}} At the same time, the JTWC started issuing advisories on Son-tinh as a tropical depression,{{Cite JTWC|date=October 23, 2012|type=warn|category=TD|designation=24W|name=Twentyfour|no=1|url=http://weather.noaa.gov/pub/data/raw/wt/wtpn31.pgtw..txt|archive-url=https://archive.today/20240523133058/https://www.webcitation.org/6Bf7AUtbF?url=http://gwydir.demon.co.uk/advisories/WTPN31-PGTW_201210232100.htm|archive-date=May 23, 2024|access-date=December 22, 2023}} before subsequently upgrading it to a tropical storm by the next day, noting deep convection along the eastern half of the system's center wrapping to its western half.{{Cite JTWC|date=October 24, 2012|type=prog|category=TS|designation=24W|name=Son-Tinh|no=2|url=http://weather.noaa.gov/pub/data/raw/wd/wdpn31.pgtw..txt|archive-url=https://archive.today/20240523133000/https://www.webcitation.org/6Bf6yEg8x?url=http://gwydir.demon.co.uk/advisories/WDPN31-PGTW_201210240300.htm|archive-date=May 23, 2024|access-date=December 22, 2023}} Son-Tinh didn't intensify further,{{cite web|title=2012 Typhoon SON-TINH (2012296N06135)|url={{IBTRACS url|id=2012296N06135}}|publisher=International Best Track Archive for Climate Stewardship (IBTrACS) Project|access-date=December 23, 2023}} as it made landfall over Leyte Province,{{cite report|title=Tropical Storm "OFEL" (SON-TINH) Severe Weather Bulletin Number EIGHT|url=http://www.pagasa.dost.gov.ph/wb/tcupdate.shtml|publisher=Philippine Atmospheric, Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration|date=October 24, 2012|archive-date=May 23, 2024|archive-url=https://archive.today/20240523133318/https://www.webcitation.org/6BfD27z2B?url=http://gwydir.demon.co.uk/advisories/TCUPDATE_201210240900.htm|access-date=December 23, 2023}} before emerging to the Visayan Sea,{{cite report|title=Tropical Storm "OFEL" (SON-TINH) Severe Weather Bulletin Number NINE|url=http://www.pagasa.dost.gov.ph/wb/tcupdate.shtml|publisher=Philippine Atmospheric, Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration|date=October 24, 2012|archive-date=May 23, 2024|archive-url=https://archive.today/20240523133240/https://www.webcitation.org/6BfD1d82n?url=http://gwydir.demon.co.uk/advisories/TCUPDATE_201210241500.htm|access-date=December 23, 2023}} and make landfall over three more locations: southwestern Masbate, Sibuyan Island,{{cite report|title=Tropical Storm "OFEL" (SON-TINH) Severe Weather Bulletin Number TEN|url=http://www.pagasa.dost.gov.ph/wb/tcupdate.shtml|publisher=Philippine Atmospheric, Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration|date=October 24, 2012|archive-date=May 23, 2024|archive-url=https://archive.today/20240523133200/https://www.webcitation.org/6BfD1D75C?url=http://gwydir.demon.co.uk/advisories/TCUPDATE_201210242100.htm|access-date=December 23, 2023}} and southern Mindoro.{{cite report|title=Tropical Storm "OFEL" (SON-TINH) Severe Weather Bulletin Number ELEVEN|url=http://www.pagasa.dost.gov.ph/wb/tcupdate.shtml|publisher=Philippine Atmospheric, Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration|date=October 25, 2012|archive-date=May 23, 2024|archive-url=https://archive.today/20240523133455/https://www.webcitation.org/6Bfio53rd?url=http://gwydir.demon.co.uk/advisories/TCUPDATE_201210250300.htm|access-date=December 23, 2023}}

File:Son-Tinh 2012-10-24 0445Z.jpg on October 24]]

Upon emerging to the West Philippine Sea on October 25, Son-Tinh struggled to intensify, with the continued effects of land interaction in the eastern quadrant.{{Cite JTWC|date=October 25, 2012|type=prog|category=TS|designation=24W|name=Son-Tinh|no=7|url=http://weather.noaa.gov/pub/data/raw/wd/wdpn31.pgtw..txt|archive-url=https://archive.today/20240523133644/https://www.webcitation.org/6BhGL0XW0?url=http://gwydir.demon.co.uk/advisories/WDPN31-PGTW_201210250900.htm|archive-date=May 23, 2024|access-date=December 23, 2023}}{{Cite JTWC|date=October 25, 2012|type=prog|category=TS|designation=24W|name=Son-Tinh|no=8|url=http://weather.noaa.gov/pub/data/raw/wd/wdpn31.pgtw..txt|archive-url=https://archive.today/20240523133600/https://www.webcitation.org/6BhGKwS1l?url=http://gwydir.demon.co.uk/advisories/WDPN31-PGTW_201210251500.htm|archive-date=May 23, 2024|access-date=December 23, 2023}} Late on the same day, the JTWC noted that Son-Tinh had started to develop banding over its northern and southern peripheries, with deep convection wrapping to its center.{{Cite JTWC|date=October 25, 2012|type=prog|category=TS|designation=24W|name=Son-Tinh|no=9|url=http://weather.noaa.gov/pub/data/raw/wd/wdpn31.pgtw..txt|archive-url=https://archive.today/20240523133521/https://www.webcitation.org/6BhGKs0hU?url=http://gwydir.demon.co.uk/advisories/WDPN31-PGTW_201210252100.htm|archive-date=May 23, 2024|access-date=December 26, 2023}} At 06:00 UTC the next day, the JMA upgraded Son-Tinh to a severe tropical storm, as it continued westward under the influence of the subtropical ridge to its north, leaving the PAR.{{cite report|title=RSMC Tropical Cyclone Advisory 260600|url=http://weather.noaa.gov/pub/data/raw/wt/wtpq20.rjtd..txt|publisher=Japan Meteorological Agency|date=October 26, 2012|archive-date=May 23, 2024|archive-url=https://archive.today/20240523133720/https://www.webcitation.org/6BimcftUS?url=http://gwydir.demon.co.uk/advisories/WTPQ20-RJTD_201210260600.htm|access-date=December 26, 2023}}{{Cite JTWC|date=October 26, 2012|type=prog|category=TS|designation=24W|name=Son-Tinh|no=11|url=http://weather.noaa.gov/pub/data/raw/wd/wdpn31.pgtw..txt|archive-url=https://archive.today/20240523133919/https://www.webcitation.org/6BimlNJ0V?url=http://gwydir.demon.co.uk/advisories/WDPN31-PGTW_201210260900.htm|archive-date=May 23, 2024|access-date=December 26, 2023}}{{cite report|title=Tropical Storm "OFEL" (SON-TINH) Severe Weather Bulletin Number SIXTEEN (FINAL)|url=http://www.pagasa.dost.gov.ph/wb/tcupdate.shtml|publisher=Philippine Atmospheric, Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration|date=October 26, 2012|archive-date=May 23, 2024|archive-url=https://archive.today/20240523133802/https://www.webcitation.org/6BimftPyr?url=http://gwydir.demon.co.uk/advisories/TCUPDATE_201210260900.htm|access-date=December 26, 2023}} Twelve hours later, the JTWC upgraded Son-Tinh to a typhoon, as its structure continued to improve, with its center having tightly-curved banding.{{Cite JTWC|date=October 26, 2012|type=prog|category=TY|designation=24W|name=Son-Tinh|no=13|url=http://weather.noaa.gov/pub/data/raw/wd/wdpn31.pgtw..txt|archive-url=https://archive.today/20240523133839/https://www.webcitation.org/6BimlEmS4?url=http://gwydir.demon.co.uk/advisories/WDPN31-PGTW_201210262100.htm|archive-date=May 23, 2024|access-date=December 26, 2023}} The JMA would not upgrade Son-Tinh to a typhoon until 06:00 UTC on October 27, when it developed a {{convert|15|nmi|km|adj=mid|-wide}} eye.{{cite report|title=RSMC Tropical Cyclone Advisory 270600|url=http://weather.noaa.gov/pub/data/raw/wt/wtpq20.rjtd..txt|publisher=Japan Meteorological Agency|date=October 27, 2012|archive-date=May 22, 2024|archive-url=https://archive.today/20240522174115/https://www.webcitation.org/6Bimc9DQI?url=http://gwydir.demon.co.uk/advisories/WTPQ20-RJTD_201210270600.htm|access-date=December 26, 2023}}{{Cite JTWC|date=October 27, 2012|type=prog|category=TY|designation=24W|name=Son-Tinh|no=15|url=http://weather.noaa.gov/pub/data/raw/wd/wdpn31.pgtw..txt|archive-url=https://archive.today/20240523134201/https://www.webcitation.org/6BkMFOvSB?url=http://gwydir.demon.co.uk/advisories/WDPN31-PGTW_201210270900.htm|archive-date=May 23, 2024|access-date=December 26, 2023}} Son-Tinh then reached its peak intensity six hours later, as it rapidly intensified to a category 3-equivalent typhoon, while entering a hostile environment of moderate wind shear and strong westerlies to its north.{{Cite JTWC|date=October 27, 2012|type=prog|category=TY|designation=24W|name=Son-Tinh|no=16|url=http://weather.noaa.gov/pub/data/raw/wd/wdpn31.pgtw..txt|archive-url=https://archive.today/20240523134120/https://www.webcitation.org/6BkMFKOfV?url=http://gwydir.demon.co.uk/advisories/WDPN31-PGTW_201210271500.htm|archive-date=May 23, 2024|access-date=December 26, 2023}} With its eye soon filled,{{Cite JTWC|date=October 27, 2012|type=prog|category=TY|designation=24W|name=Son-Tinh|no=17|url=http://weather.noaa.gov/pub/data/raw/wd/wdpn31.pgtw..txt|archive-url=https://archive.today/20240523134042/https://www.webcitation.org/6BkMFFlNn?url=http://gwydir.demon.co.uk/advisories/WDPN31-PGTW_201210272100.htm|archive-date=May 23, 2024|access-date=December 26, 2023}} the system started weakening by the next day, as it slowed its movement, with wind shear increasing.{{Cite JTWC|date=October 28, 2012|type=prog|category=TY|designation=24W|name=Son-Tinh|no=18|url=http://weather.noaa.gov/pub/data/raw/wd/wdpn31.pgtw..txt|archive-url=https://archive.today/20240523133959/https://www.webcitation.org/6BkMFBJHE?url=http://gwydir.demon.co.uk/advisories/WDPN31-PGTW_201210280300.htm|archive-date=May 23, 2024|access-date=December 26, 2023}} As a result, the JTWC downgraded Son-Tinh to a category 2-equivalent typhoon, as it turned to the north-northwest.{{Cite JTWC|date=October 28, 2012|type=prog|category=TY|designation=24W|name=Son-Tinh|no=19|url=http://weather.noaa.gov/pub/data/raw/wd/wdpn31.pgtw..txt|archive-url=https://archive.today/20240523134403/https://www.webcitation.org/6BltKc7Td?url=http://gwydir.demon.co.uk/advisories/WDPN31-PGTW_201210280900.htm|archive-date=May 23, 2024|access-date=December 26, 2023}} By 12:00 UTC that same day, the JMA downgraded the system to a severe tropical storm. As it made landfall between Nam Định Province–Thái Bình Province in Vietnam,{{cite report|title=7th Integrated Workshop Member Report : Socialist Republic of Vietnam|author=National Center for Hydro-Meteorological Forecasting|url=https://www.typhooncommittee.org/IWS_Nanjing/Docs%20Nanjing/Members%20Report/Country%20Report%202012_Vietnam.pdf|publisher=ESCAP/WMO Typhoon Committee|access-date=December 21, 2023}} the JMA downgraded Son-Tinh to a tropical storm, while the JTWC downgraded the system to a category 1-equivalent typhoon.{{Cite JTWC|date=October 28, 2012|type=prog|category=TY|designation=24W|name=Son-Tinh|no=21|url=http://weather.noaa.gov/pub/data/raw/wd/wdpn31.pgtw..txt|archive-url=https://archive.today/20240523134444/https://www.webcitation.org/6BltKTUgk?url=http://gwydir.demon.co.uk/advisories/WDPN31-PGTW_201210282100.htm|archive-date=May 23, 2024|access-date=December 26, 2023}} The JTWC downgraded Son-Tinh to a tropical storm and issued their final advisory at 00:00 UTC on October 29, as it turned northeast while weakening from land interaction.{{Cite JTWC|date=October 29, 2012|type=warn|category=TS|designation=24W|name=Son-Tinh|no=22|url=http://weather.noaa.gov/pub/data/raw/wt/wtpn31.pgtw..txt|archive-url=https://archive.today/20240523134321/https://www.webcitation.org/6BltHjVpI?url=http://gwydir.demon.co.uk/advisories/WTPN31-PGTW_201210290300.htm|archive-date=May 23, 2024|access-date=December 26, 2023}} Six hours later, the JMA issued their final advisory on the system, as it weakened to a tropical depression.{{cite report|title=RSMC Tropical Cyclone Advisory 290600|url=http://weather.noaa.gov/pub/data/raw/wt/wtpq20.rjtd..txt|publisher=Japan Meteorological Agency|date=October 29, 2012|archive-date=May 23, 2024|archive-url=https://archive.today/20240523134241/https://www.webcitation.org/6Blt4bzRV?url=http://gwydir.demon.co.uk/advisories/WTPQ20-RJTD_201210290600.htm|access-date=December 26, 2023}} Son-Tinh then dissipated late on the same day.{{Cite report|url=https://www.jma.go.jp/jma/jma-eng/jma-center/rsmc-hp-pub-eg/AnnualReport/2012/Text/Text2012.pdf|title=Annual Report on the Activities of the RSMC Tokyo - Typhoon Center 2012|date=2013|publisher=Japan Meteorological Agency|page=90|access-date=December 27, 2023}}

File:PSWS Map of TS Ofel Son-Tinh 2012.png

Son-Tinh was forecast to hit Central Philippines. However, it impacted the entire islands with almost every provinces of the country receiving storm signals. The PAGASA issued Storm Signals as the storm approached. Storm Signal No. 1 was hoisted over Surigao del Norte, Surigao del Sur, Agusan del Norte, Leyte provinces, Western and Eastern Samar. As the tropical depression neared the country, it intensified into a tropical storm. Signal No. 2 was hoisted over Cebu, Leyte provinces, Samar provinces and Surigao provinces.

On October 24, the storm capsized 6 boats in Tacloban City.{{cite web|url=http://rp2.abs-cbnnews.com/video/nation/regions/10/24/12/16-missing-6-boats-capsize-leyte|title=16 missing, 6 boats capsize in Tacloban|date=October 21, 2012|access-date=October 21, 2012|publisher=News Inquirer|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121026050937/http://rp2.abs-cbnnews.com/video/nation/regions/10/24/12/16-missing-6-boats-capsize-leyte|archive-date=October 26, 2012}} It hardly hit Cebu with rain and winds, prompting classes in Cebu City to be suspended the next day.{{cite web|url=http://newsinfo.inquirer.net/295358/cebu-city-classes-suspended-signal-no-2-for-typhoon-ofel|title=Cebu City classes suspended, Signal No. 2 for Typhoon Ofel|date=October 21, 2012|access-date=October 21, 2012|publisher=News Inquirer}} Authorities in the Philippines confirmed at least four deaths – an 8-year-old boy who drowned, two men crushed by falling trees, and an elderly man who died from hypothermia. Widespread flooding was reported as rivers burst their banks, in some instances rising as much as 12.8 meters in 24 hours. A cargo ship, called the ML Lady RP II, sank with around 1,200 sacks of copra near Zamboanga City at the height of the storm. Strong winds derailed a train in Quezon.

Throughout the country, 27 people were killed by the storm and damage amounted to PHP155 million (US$3.74 million).{{cite web|publisher=National Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Council |date=November 1, 2012 |access-date=November 15, 2012 |title=SitRep No. 17 re Effects of Tropical Storm "Ofel" (Son-Tinh) |url=http://www.ndrrmc.gov.ph/attachments/article/769/Upd%20SitRep%2017.pdf |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131017170515/http://www.ndrrmc.gov.ph/attachments/article/769/Upd%20SitRep%2017.pdf |archive-date=October 17, 2013 }}

The center warned ships and people in affected areas to be careful urging authorities to take full precautions. It was forecast up to 80 cm of precipitation that day along the coast of eastern and southern Hainan province and eastern coast of Leizhou peninsula.

Authorities reported that more than 82,00 people were relocated to temporary shelters as Son-Tinh moved near Hainan. It also brought heavy rainfall, with rivers in Beihai, Qinzhou and Fangchenggang rising significantly.{{cite news|title=Typhoon Son-Tinh brings gales, rains to Hainan|url=http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2012-10/28/content_15852067.htm|publisher=China Daily|date=October 28, 2012|access-date=December 27, 2023}} In all, 7 people lost their lives in China. Total economic losses were counted to be CN¥1.52 billion (US$243 million).{{cite conference|page=15|conference=ESCAP/WMO Typhoon Committee: 7th Integrated Workshop|title=Member Report: China|url=http://www.typhooncommittee.org/IWS_Nanjing/Docs%20Nanjing/Members%20Report/MEMBER%20REPORT_China.pdf|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121202010101/http://www.typhooncommittee.org/IWS_Nanjing/Docs%20Nanjing/Members%20Report/MEMBER%20REPORT_China.pdf|date=November 26, 2012|archive-date=December 2, 2012|publisher=ESCAP/WMO Typhoon Committee|access-date=November 26, 2013|conference-url=http://www.typhooncommittee.org/IWS_Nanjing/index.html|url-status=dead|author=China Meteorological Agency}}

In Vietnam, the typhoon moved along the Tonkin Gulf, ravaging the coastal provinces of Nghệ An, Thanh Hóa, Ninh Bình and Thái Bình before making landfall 20 kilometers west of Halong Bay on October 29. A {{convert|180|m|ft|abbr=on}} tall mast tower in Nam Định collapsed during the storm.{{cite web|language=vi|url=http://vnexpress.net/gl/xa-hoi/2012/10/3-nguoi-chet-thap-truyen-hinh-do-sap-vi-bao-son-tinh|title=3 người chết, tháp truyền hình đổ sập vì bão Sơn Tinh|publisher=VnExpress.net|access-date=October 29, 2012}} A total of eight people were killed in the country while three others were listed as missing. Another 90 people were injured in various accidents related to the typhoon. In all, 429 homes collapsed and 55,251 were damaged while about 95,000 hectares (235,000 acres) of crops were flooded. The storm caused ₫11 trillion (US$530 million, 2012 USD) in damage.{{cite web|work=Government of Vietnam|publisher=ReliefWeb|date=November 5, 2012|access-date=November 15, 2012|title=Recent storm causes losses over VND7,000 billion|url=http://reliefweb.int/report/viet-nam/recent-storm-causes-losses-over-vnd7000-billion}}{{cite web| url=http://danida.vnu.edu.vn/cpis/files/Dac_Diem_KTTV/dacdiemkttv_2012.pdf | title=Khái quát tình hình thời tiết thuỷ văn năm (Overview of hydrological weather situation)| date=2020-11-22 | access-date=2024-02-07}}

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• Typhoon Ike (1984) — impacted the same area
• Typhoon Betty (1987)
• Typhoon Mike (1990) — impacted the same area but weaker
• Typhoon Nepartak (2003) — took a similar path
• Typhoon Haiyan (2013) — took a similar path after striking the Philippines
• Typhoon Meranti (2016) — a stronger typhoon which took a similar path curvature
• Tropical Storm Son-Tinh (2018) — another storm with the same name that struck the same areas

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• [http://agora.ex.nii.ac.jp/digital-typhoon/summary/wnp/s/201223.html.en JMA General Information] of Typhoon Son-Tinh (1223) from Digital Typhoon
• [http://www.data.jma.go.jp/fcd/yoho/data/typhoon/T1223.pdf JMA Best Track Data] of Typhoon Son-Tinh (1223) {{in lang|ja}}
• [https://web.archive.org/web/20160304044638/http://www.usno.navy.mil/NOOC/nmfc-ph/RSS/jtwc/best_tracks/2012/2012s-bwp/bwp242012.dat JTWC Best Track Data] of Typhoon 24W (Son-Tinh)
• [https://archive.today/20140805153534/http://www.nrlmry.navy.mil/tcdat/tc12/WPAC/24W.SON-TINH/ 24W.SON-TINH] from the U.S. Naval Research Laboratory

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