and widespread damage. Severe Tropical Storm Zola (Unsing) Zola was another weak system that hit Japan. Typhoon Abe (Walding) Abe was another Typhoon that hit China. Severe Tropical Storm Becky (Yeyeng) Becky struck China to the west of Macau at full force. The offshore waters in the southern and southwestern part of Hong Kong recorded hurricane-force winds where its hourly mean winds reached 122 km/h with gusts up to 176 km/h at Waglan Island. In Cheung Chau, winds increased significantly to 115 km/h hourly before under going maintenance; privately recorded its hourly winds of up to 128 km/h during its first hour of maintenance there in Cheung Chau, and up to 139 km/h 60-minute mean wind just before under going maintenance. In Tai Mo Shan, its hourly mean winds reached 155 km/h. Becky was clearly underestimated and the hurricane signal 10 should have been hoisted as it was justified (hurricane-force winds recorded at southwestern part of Hong Kong when Becky traversed at about 110 km south-southwest of the Royal Observatory). Its maximum 10 minute sustained wind speed was estimated to be at around 150 km/h at its closet approach to Hong Kong. The typhoon killed 1 taxi driver at a car accident in Hong Kong. As of 2017, Becky was revised and upgraded to a minimal typhoon. Typhoon Dot (Anding) Dot struck China as well. Initially posing a direct hit to Hong Kong but it slowly moved north, striking the coast of western Guangdong. Typhoon Cecil Cecil recurved out to sea. Super Typhoon Ed (Dinang) Ed was a potent typhoon but did not affect land. It was also the only Category 5 of the season. Typhoon Flo (Kadiang) Typhoon Flo hit the northern Philippines on October 4 as a minimal typhoon, having developed on the 28th from the monsoon trough. It stalled just off the west coast, and turned northeastward, becoming extratropical on the 9th. Flo caused at least 500 deaths from the heavy flooding on Luzon. Flo interacted with the nearby Ed, causing Flo to recurve eastwards. Flo’s recurving resulted prolonged rainfall across Luzon. Tropical Storm Gene (Gundang) Gene was a weak system that stayed away from land. Tropical Depression 28W (Epang) The depression criss crossed land. Severe Tropical Storm Hattie Hattie recurved from land. Typhoon Ira (Husing) Ira struck the Philippines. It also wreaked havoc in Hong Kong, causing an aircraft to slide off the runway at Kai