User:Storm05/Typhoon Kaemi (2006)

Typhoon Kaemi (also known as Typhoon Glenda in the Philippines and as Typhoon 0605 by the JMA) was the fifth named storm and third typhoon of the 2006 Pacific typhoon season. The typhoon reached category 2 strength before hitting Taiwan and China as a category 1 storm. The typhoon caused severe damage during its two landfalls which left 32 fatalities and 60 others missing.

Storm history
A tropical depression formed on July 18 and moved westward and quickly strengthened into a tropical storm. On the 19th the storm was named Kaemi as it strengthened into a severe tropical storm on July 20 and then a typhoon 24 hours later. Kaemi reached a peak intensity of 100 mph and a low barometric pressure of 955 millibars before making landfall in Taiwan as a category 1 typhoon. Later the storm made a second landfall in southeastern China as a tropical storm.

Philippines
In the Philippines, because the track of Typhoon Kaemi was close to the land many financial markets were shut down as well as schools and government offices.

Taiwan
In Taiwan, government officials issued landslides and flash flood warnings and over 4,000 ships were re-routed to the islands protected harbors. In addition the storm forced the cancellation of 30 domestic flights coming in or out of Taiwan. Schools were closed and numerous railway operations were suspended.

China
In anticipation of the storm making landfall, Chinas Fujian Meteorological Bureau warned residents of possible mudslides and flash floods. The Bureau also warned farming communities and ordered ships to return to port. A reported 643,000 people in the southeastern China evacuated. In Zhejiang, the storm forced the evacuation of 80,000 people and 3,000 armed police were called in.

Taiwan
Kaemi knocked out power to 30,000 residents in the eastern part of Taiwan and injured seven people, mainly in road accidents. Highest rainfall reported during the storm was 200 mm (7.8 inches). The rain caused flooding and isolated landslides. Despite the damage the storm caused, there were no reports of fatalities.

China
Kaemi made its second landfall in Fujian, China and dropped over 50-100 mm of rain. In Jiangxi, flash flooding from the storm left seventeen people people dead, with fifteen others reported missing while a landslide in Guangdong killed two more. In Huran, flooding displaced over 100,000 people and affected areas already hard hit by Tropical Storm Bilis In all, Kaemi left 32 people dead with 60 others reported missing and affected 6 million people.

Naming
Typhoon Glenda was supposedly named "Gloria" but was changed by PAGASA out of protocol respect to President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo. Glenda's entry to Philippines coincided with Arroyo's State of the Nation Address and was poked fun by protesters.