2029 Planet X Pacific typhoon season (Andrew444's Competition Season)

The 2029 Planet X Pacific typhoon season was an exceptionally active Pacific tropical cyclone season which featured numerous tropical cyclones affecting the Philippines, China, and Vietnam. Despite the first half of the year being entirely dormant of any tropical cyclone activity, from June onwards, various factors led to the season becoming extremely deadly and destructive. As a whole, the basin produced 30 total tropical depressions, all of which further intensified into tropical storms. Twenty-one of the tropical storms became typhoons, and a record-tying eleven typhoons reached super typhoon intensity, an unofficial category created by the Joint Typhoon Warning Center (JTWC).

Many destructive storms formed during the 2029 Planet X Pacific typhoon season. First, in early August, Typhoon Faith became one of the costliest storms to strike the Philippines on record, causing an estimated $2 billion (2029 USD) in losses and resulting in 666 deaths. Next, in mid-August, Typhoon Hope became one of the worst natural disasters to ever impact Taiwan, killing 503 people and causing an estimated $1 billion (2029 USD) in damage. Third, Typhoon Juliet, forming only a few days after Hope, further contributed to the storm's impact on Taiwan and brought very tall ocean waves along the Mainland China coastline, resulting in 123 fatalities and total damages of $1.7 billion (2029 USD). Fourth, in late September, Typhoon Quinn became the strongest, costliest, and deadliest Planet X tropical cyclone ever, reaching maximum 10-minute sustained winds of 185 miles per hour (mph) and a minimum barometric pressure of 854 millibars (mbar), as well as assaulting the Philippines, Vietnam, Hainan, Taiwan, and the Shanghai metropolitan area. All in all, the typhoon caused approximately 300,000 deaths and damages of up to $200 billion (2029 USD). Fifth, in early October, Typhoon Sukru added on to the misery left behind by Quinn; not only did it affect the Philippines, but it made landfall near Hong Kong, affecting the administrative region as well. In the typhoon's aftermath, an estimated 40,000 fatalities were reported, and losses of up to $3 billion (2029 USD) were reported. Sixth, in mid-October, just weeks after Quinn and Sukru, Typhoon Ulli affected the Philippines, Hong Kong, Macao, and several major metropolitan areas in Mainland China, killing 7,000 people and left $1.1 billion (2029 USD) in damage. Finally, in early November, Typhoon Antoinette affected Vietnam and later became one of the deadliest Philippine typhoons on record, causing 1,143 deaths and $90 million (2029 USD) in losses. Despite China, the Philippines, and Vietnam receiving the brunt of the landfalls during the season, most of the other regions in the basin prone to landfalls, such as Japan and the Koreas, escaped the destructive storms. Collectively, the 2029 Planet X Pacific typhoon season resulted in total losses of roughly $209.265244 billion (2029 USD) and an estimated 351,564 total fatalities, both of which represent record highs for the West Pacific tropical cyclone basin.

The scope of this article covers the tropical cyclones which form in the Pacific Ocean and its neighboring seas that lie north of the Equator and west of the International Date Line. Should a tropical cyclone form north of the Equator but to the east of the International Date Line, it is called a hurricane, not a typhoon. Once a tropical depression forms in the Western Pacific, the JTWC assigns a number and adds a "W" suffix to it, and the Japan Meteorological Agency (JMA) assigns a six-digit number as well; the first four digits represent the year it formed in, and the last two digits represent the nth storm of the season the JMA has tracked. Should a tropical depression further intensify into a tropical storm, the JTWC will assign the storm a name from a predetermined naming list. Also, if a tropical depression forms or enters the area of responsibility monitored by the Philippine Atmospheric, Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration (PAGASA), the agency will assign a name from its own predetermined naming list to the system. Consequently, it is possible for one single storm to have two different names, one assigned by the JTWC and the other by PAGASA.

Seasonal summary and forecasts
Timeline of tropical activity in the 2029 Planet X Pacific typhoon season

On April 4, 2029, meteorologists at the JMA issued the agency's first ever seasonal forecast for the upcoming 2029 Planet X Pacific typhoon season. Citing the extremely strong El Niño conditions across the Western Pacific, the JMA predicted 30 total storms and 20 total typhoons would form during the season, with a margin of error of 7 and 6, respectively. Although the predicted number of storms perfectly verified, the number of typhoons was very slightly underestimated, as 21 total typhoons developed throughout the year.

For the entirety of the 2029 Planet X Pacific typhoon season, the JMA, headquarted in Tokyo, issued advisories on all systems that formed in the Pacific Ocean north of the Equator, west of the International Date Line, and east of the Malay Peninsula. This season marked the first time the JMA had been given this privilege; the World Meteorological Organization (WMO) designated it the Western Pacific tropical cyclone basin's official Regional Specialized Meteorological Center (RSMC). In previous years, the JTWC, located in Pearl Harbor, was the basin's official RSMC; however, the WMO decided to pass on the designation to the JMA from 2029 onwards. Nevertheless, the JTWC continued issuing unofficial advisories on the season's systems. The JMA and the JTWC both issue advisories four times each day, starting at 0000 UTC and repeating the process every six hours. Both agencies uses information from climatological tropical cyclone forecasting models and estimates a storm's 10-minute maximum sustained winds and its minimum barometric pressure using resources such as the Dvorak technique and numerical weather prediction.

For the majority of the season, an extreme El Niño caused the sea surface temperatures (SST's) in the Pacific Ocean north of the Equator to reach exceptionally high levels. Most of the convection which developed during the year formed south of 30° N; consequently, according to the JMA, Japan, the Korean Peninsula, and most of Mainland China north of Shanghai suffered relatively little impact from the season's storms. Overall, the 2029 Planet X Pacific typhoon season witnessed 30 named storms, six above the long-term average of 24. In addition, 21 of the storms became typhoons, eight above the long-term average of 13. For comparison, the number of storms and typhoons observed during the year are the second highest number in their respective categories, after 36 storms and 31 typhoons in the 2017 Pacific typhoon season.

The 2029 Planet X Pacific typhoon season started off completely dormant of tropical cyclone activity until June; this was caused by high amounts of wind shear dominating the Pacific Ocean's waters and preventing any tropical disturbances from forming. However, in June, the turbulent wind shear began relaxing near the Philippines, resulting in the development of Tropical Storm Arno and Severe Tropical Storm Bobbie. Next, in July, wind shear began relaxing across the entire Western Pacific; a further five storms formed, including the deadly Typhoon Faith. By August, the Madden-Julian Oscillation (MJO) moved into the basin, further enhancing tropical cyclone activity. Six storms developed during the month, including the destructive Typhoon Juliet. The MJO continued to reside over the Western Pacific in September, increasing the SST's to levels unlike any other witnessed in 15 years of available records. Seven total storms were observed throughout the month, with two of them, Typhoons Quinn and Sukru, causing unprecedented land impact. Furthermore, in October, an additional eight storms developed; one of the storms was the damaging Typhoon Ulli. This marked the most active October in a Planet X Pacific typhoon season. However, in November, the MJO departed from the basin and SST's significantly cooled down; as a result, only one storm, Severe Tropical Storm Cecelia, formed during the month. Moreover, in December, the inactivity continued as wind shear began picking up and the El Niño conditions began dissipating, with only Typhoon Dieter developing.

Storms
In the given storm information below, the wind speeds in storm advisories can differ between that of the JTWC and that of the JMA; this difference is because the JTWC uses 1-minute mean wind criteria to assess a storm's maximum sustained winds, whereas the JMA uses 10-minute mean wind criteria to determine a storm's maximum sustained winds. Consequently, the JTWC's maximum sustained winds for a cyclone can appear to be significantly higher than the JMA's described maximum sustained winds for the same cyclone.

Many of the 2029 Planet X Pacific typhoon season's 30 cyclones had some effect on land.

Tropical Storm Arno (Arnel)
Arno was a short-lived tropical storm that grazed the Philippines. It caused an indirect fatality and $300,000 (2029 USD) in damage across the nation.

Severe Tropical Storm Bobbie (Bayani)
Bobbie was a short-lived severe tropical storm that made two landfalls over the Philippines. It resulted in five deaths (two direct, three indirect) and caused $900,000 (2029 USD) in damage across the nation.

Typhoon Coppelius (Crisanto)
Coppelius was a moderately intense typhoon that made a landfall over rural Mainland China. Hundreds of landslides killed 45 people, and a further 30 people drowned out at sea. Total losses reached $1.2 million (2029 USD).

Typhoon Desiree
Desiree was a rapidly intensifying typhoon that grazed the Vietnam coastline and ultimately struck southern China just east of Hainan. Two Chinese citizens drowned out at sea when their ship capsized, and seven other people drowned from flash flooding across various regions of southern Mainland China. Total damages of $400,000 (2029 USD) were reported in the wake of Desiree.

Typhoon Emil (Datu)
Emil was a short-lived storm that unexpectedly intensified into a typhoon right before its Vietnam landfall. Three fatalities were reported from a car crash in Ho Chi Minh City, and three other deaths occured when a group of surfers were swept out to sea by a rogue wave. Damages from Emil reached $200,000 (2029 USD), particuarly in the Ho Chi Minh City metropolitan area.

Typhoon Faith (Efren)
Faith was an erractic typhoon that explosively intensified over the Philippines and later tracked directly over Taipei, Guangzhou, and Shanghai. Six hundred sixty-six people perished during the storm (426 directly, 140 indirectly) because of its heavy precipitation and gusty winds. Damages of $2 billion (2029 USD) were reported across the Philippines, Taiwan, and Mainland China, particuarly on Luzon Island.

Typhoon Gunther (Fermin)
Gunther made a landfall over northwestern Vietnam near Hanoi. The system's heavy rain drowned four people walking near a river, left behind $300,000 in losses, and caused moderate damage to the fishing industry located around Hanoi.

Typhoon Hope (Gani)
Hope was a long-lived typhoon that made two landfalls, one over Taiwan and the other over China. Significant damage was reported in the Kaohsiung metropolitan region, where apartments were severly damaged, cars were overturned, and glass was blown out of many tall skyscrapers, such as the Tuntex Sky Tower. In Mainland China, many rice fields were flooded, resulting in price inflations. Overall, Hope caused 503 fatalities (337 direct, 166 indirect) and $1 billion (2029 USD) in damage.

Typhoon Ianto (Heherson)
Ianto was a short-lived typhoon that formed unusually close to the equator. It made a landfall over the Philippines and the island of Borneo. Due to the system's abnormal nature, 750 fatalities (258 direct, 492 indirect) and $1.4 million (2029 USD) in losses occured, particuarly in Brunei.

Typhoon Juliet (Isagani)
Juliet was a typhoon which executed many cyclonic loops. It made landfalls over the eastern and western Philippines, Vietnam, Taiwan, and Japan. Damages of up to $1.7 billion (2029 USD) were reported, primarily because of agricultural losses; however, only 123 fatalities  (81 direct, 32 indirect) occured in relation to Juliet due to warnings being issued in advance of the system by the JMA.

Typhoon Kurt (Jejomar)
Kurt was a short-lived intense typhoon that affected the Philippines, Vietnam, Cambodia, Laos, Thailand, and China. The system's intense precipitation flooded many rural regions of the Indochina Peninsula, and its gusty winds damaged many structures not designed to survive typhoons. Overall, Kurt killed 130 people (60 direct, 70 indirect) and left behind $20 million (2029 USD) in damage.

Typhoon Lucy (Kidlat)
Lucy, on the heels of Kurt, made a landfall over the Philippines, grazed the southern Vietnam coastline, and made a rare Malaysia landfall. While the only impact on the Philippines and Malaysia from the typhoon was slight precipitation, several landslides were reported in southern Vietnam. Because Lucy did not affect land as severely as Kurt did, only 64 fatalities (59 direct, five indirect) and damages of $5 million (2029 USD) were reported.

Tropical Storm Mattathias (Liberato)
Mattathias was a short-lived tropical storm that did not affect land.

Tropical Storm Noelle
Noelle was a short-lived tropical storm that did not affect land.

Tropical Storm Olaf
Olaf was a short-lived tropical storm that did not affect land.

Tropical Storm Patsy (Melchor)
Patsy was a weak tropical storm which brushed Vietnam and the Philippines. Due to the system's fast motion, only $100,000 (2029 USD) in losses and two fatalities (one direct, one indirect) were reported. However, Patsy dumped excessive rainfall into the Cagayan River, setting the stage for Typhoon Quinn's historic flooding.

Typhoon Quinn (Narding)
Quinn was an exceptionally intense typhoon that made its landfalls over the Philippines, Vietnam, Hainan, Taiwan, South Korea, and Japan. Extremely heavy precipitation flooded many rivers across East and Southeast Asia, such as the Cagayan, Mekong, and Yangtze. The flooding resulted in thousands of deaths, significant damage to structures and vegetation, the colossal obliteration of entire regions, and the loss of millions of valuable objects. Ninety countries worldwide sent preselected citizens to assist homeless people in the wake of Quinn. All in all, the typhoon killed an estimated 300,000 people (roughly 100,000 direct and 200,000 indirect) and left behind $200 billion (2029 USD) in losses.

The extreme damage from Typhoon Quinn was so severe, the JMA, JTWC, PAGASA, China Meteorological Agency (CMA), Hong Kong Observatory (HKO), and Thai Meteorological Department (TMD) all requested that international agencies refrain from using the name Quinn when identifying the typhoon and instead call it the Great Southeast Asia Typhoon of 2029.

Quinn was the first Planet X typhoon to feature triple eyewalls, and it was the longest-lasting storm of the 2029 Planet X Pacific typhoon season.

Tropical Storm Ruby (Pacifico)
Ruby, the weakest and shortest-lasting storm of the 2029 Planet X Pacific typhoon season, did not affect land. It was rapidly absorbed into the stronger Typhoon Quinn by a Fujiwhara interaction.

Typhoon Sukru (Rizal)
Sukru was a long-lived, intense typhoon which continued the misery Quinn had begun on the Philippines. The Cagayan River reflooded, damaging shelters containing homeless people, washing away objects that survived Quinn's flooding, and hampering recovery efforts along the nation. Sukru also affected China, indunating rice fields in the country's rural regions and bringing hurricane-force winds to Hong Kong. Overall, the typhoon resulted in 40,000 fatalities (approximately 25,000 direct, 15,000 indirect) and $3 billion (2029 USD) in losses.

Tropical Storm Tilda
Tilda was a long-lived tropical storm that made a landfall directly over Yokohama. It drowned two fisherman, swept another person out to sea, left behind $40,000 (2029 USD) in losses, and caused a landslide near Kobe.

Typhoon Ulli (Sherwin)
Ulli was an intense typhoon which explosively intensified before making a landfall in the northeastern Philippines. Thousands perished during the storm's onslaught and agricultural and structural damage was very severe. However, because Quinn, Sukru, and Ulli occurred only weeks apart, it is impossible to determine how much impact Ulli caused by itself in the nation. In Macao, many casinos were damaged or destroyed by the typhoon, and severe looting was reported in the system's aftermath. Nearby, in Hong Kong, gusty winds knocked many glass panels off of skyscrapers and sunk ships in Victoria Harbor. Elsewhere, in Mainland China, dozens of landslides resulted in numerous fatalities and property losses. Collectively, Ulli caused approximately 7,000 deaths (roughly 4,000 direct, 3,000 indirect) and $1.1 billion (2029 USD) in damage.

Typhoon Vera
Vera was a long-lived typhoon which affected Japan, South Korea, and Mainland China. Its arrival on Japanese territory surprised many locals, as the nation had escaped most of the season's destructive storms up to this point in the season. Consequently, many homes were damaged by floodwaters, drowning hundreds, and homelessness became a very severe issue in major cities. However, in Seoul, Incheon, and various other South Korean cities, aside from heavy rainfall runoff, Vera's impact was not as severe. On the contrary, Mainland China received heavy impact from the typhoon. Rapid precipitation indunated farming fields and city streets from floodwaters, preventing any transportation for days. Vera's recovery process in Mainland China was compunded by Typhoon Benjamin, Severe Tropical Storm Cecelia, and Typhoon Dieter, which all hit the same region within a few months of the storm's attack. In conclusion, Typhoon Vera resulted in 654 fatalities (462 direct, 192 indirect) and $70 million (2029 USD) in losses.

Typhoon Wilbur
Wilbur was a short-lived typhoon that did not result in any fatalities; however, its remnants brought gusty winds to the Japanese island of Honshu, leaving behind total damages of $4,000 (2029 USD).

Typhoon Xandra
Xandra was a short-lived typhoon which did not affect land.

Typhoon Yoda
Yoda was a short-lived, rapid-intensifying typhoon that did not affect land.

Severe Tropical Storm Zita
Zita was a moderately intense severe tropical storm that did not affect land.

Typhoon Antoinette (Virgilio)
Antoinette was an intense typhoon which made two landfalls over the Philippines and a single landfall over Vietnam. In Vietnam, impact from the system was limited to heavy rainfall and several widespread landslides. However, in the Philippines, the damage was much greater because Antoinette made its second landfall directly over Manila. Strong winds knocked down light poles, trees, and numerous other structures, crushing cars, traffic lights, mobile homes, and various other weak objects. Hundreds of boats in Manila Bay were hurled ashore by rouge waves from the typhoon. Elsewhere, in Central Luzon and the Cagayan Valley, severe flooding caused dozens of reported drownings, although the impact was far less than what was observed in the Manila city proper. Overall, Antoinette caused 1,143 fatalities (765 direct, 378 indirect)  and $90 million (2029 USD) in losses.

Typhoon Benjamin (Arvin)
Benjamin was a moderately intense typhoon that made a landfall in Mainland China just north of Shanghai. Causing additional flooding and property damage in the same region Vera had struck only a few weeks earlier, the typhoon killed 325 people (231 direct, 94 indirect) and left behind $125 million (2029 USD) in damage.

Severe Tropical Storm Cecelia (Benjie)
Cecelia was a long-lived severe tropical storm which made landfalls over Hainan, Macao, Taiwan, and Mainland China. Due to the system's fast pace, relatively minimal impact was reported, although minor flooding from a storm surge occurred in Northeastern China, which was already affected by Typhoons Vera and Benjamin. Collectively, Cecelia caused four fatalities, all of which were direct, and losses of $400,000 (2029 USD).

Typhoon Dieter (Danilo)
Dieter was a moderately intense typhoon which grazed the eastern Philippine coastline, made a direct hit on the city of Taipei, and then directly attacked Shanghai. Thousands of plane flights in and out of Shanghai Pudong International Airport were cancelled, many rice fields overflooded, and in Mainland China, whole roads were swept away by rising floodwaters. In addition, an additional amount of impact  from Dieter occured in the region of Northeastern China already severly affected by Vera, Benjamin, and Cecelia. Hundreds of homes were destroyed by the heavy precipitation from the typhoon, and agricultural losses were beyond exceptional. Damage from Dieter is estimated at $150 million (2029 USD) and 97 deaths (53 direct, 44 indirect) were reported.

Storm names
Within the tropical cyclone responsibility boundaries of the Northwestern Pacific Ocean, the JTWC assigns names to storms that develop within the basin. Moreover, PAGASA also assigns names to Western Pacific tropical cyclones. Therefore, one single storm can have a name assigned to it by both the JTWC and PAGASA. On the behalf of the World Meteorological Organization (WMO)'s Typhoon Committee, the Joint Typhoon Warning Center's Regional Specialized Meteorological Center (RSMC) Honolulu assigns preselected international names to tropical cyclones, should it be judged to have attained 1-minute maximum sustained winds of 65 km/h (40 mph). PAGASA assigns a name to a tropical cyclone should it form or move into their area of responsibility, which encompasses a rectangular box spanning from 135°E to 115°E and between 5°N to 25°N, regardless of whether or not the storm has been assigned an international name. Should a tropical cyclone cause significant impact, its name will be retired by the Typhoon Committee, or PAGASA if it is a Philippine name. Also, in the scenario in which all the PAGASA names allocated for the season are used, as what occured during this season, extra names will be taken from an auxiliary list, which is published before the start of the year.

International names
See also: Lists of tropical cyclone names and Tropical cyclone naming

Tropical cyclones forming during the 2029 Planet X Pacific typhoon season were named from the following lists by the RSMC in Honolulu, Hawaii, once they reached tropical storm intensity. This year marked the first time these lists were used. In previous years, from 2016 to 2028, two naming lists consisting purely of masculine names were used; however, various protests from men's rights groups forced the JTWC to change their naming lists. Many of the names were submitted by the United Kingdom Met Office.

Philippines
PAGASA uses its own naming scheme to identify storms that form or move within their area of responsibility. Similar to the international names, this year was the first occasion in which this naming list was used. All names on this list are the names commonly given to Filipino males and were submitted by various locations across the Philippines. Because the naming list was insufficient for the season, three names from an auxiliary list were used. The names that were not retired after this season were used again in the 2033 Planet X Pacific typhoon season.

Auxiliary list

Retirement
See also: List of retired Pacific typhoon names (JMA) and List of retired Philippine typhoon names

Shortly after the conclusion of the 2029 Planet X Pacific typhoon season, the ESCAP/WMO Typhoon Committee retired the names Faith, Hope, Juliet, Quinn, Sukru, Ulli, and Antoinette. Their replacement names for future usage will be Frieda, Helene, Jewel, Quirikas, Sigmund, Usman, and Amelie, respectively.

Also, PAGASA announced the retirement of the names Efren, Heherson, Narding, Rizal, Sherwin, and Virgilio, as all of the listed names identified storms which either caused 300 fatalities or $1 billion pesos (PHP) in losses. For the 2033 season, their replacements will be Erwin, Homobono, Nimuel, Rodel, Sayen, and Vaughn, respectively.