2020 Pacific Typhoon Season (Disasters GoOn's Version)

The 2020 Pacific Typhoon Season was the beginning of the end for many of the countries in the Western Pacific, as, thanks to a small-scale war that somehow caused methane releases in the Arctic Basin, global temperatures skyrocketed, producing hurricanes that reached levels never before seen. The strongest was a super typhoon named Noelani, which reached the city of Tokyo as a 3,000-mile-wide, 435-mph storm system.

Other notorious hurricanes included Hector, a Category 7 hurricane that hit Hong Kong on August 7, 2020, and Hurricane Kate, a Category 5 hurricane that hit Tacloban, Philippines.

Background
Global temperatures were already 0.2*C warmer than in 2014 due to Global Warming thanks in part to increased levels of CO2 because of a more technologically advanced world, which led to a minor increase in hurricane strength and, more surprisingly, in frequency, with the world gaining "two extra tropical storms," according to one climatologist.

The Pacific Typhoon Season was expected to be a normal season, with the National Weather Service predicting that there would be 20 total storms, 12 of which would turn into hurricanes, with two of them expected to be a major storm. But a small-scale war between the US and Russia, in a battle called "Battle of the Arctic" (caused by tensions over who has rights to the oil in the Arctic), caused methane hydrates to rupture, releasing an estimated 50 gigatons (approximately 50 billion metric tons) of methane to be released from the ocean. Due to methane being an incredibly powerful greenhouse gas (it is between 20 to 34 times more powerful than Carbon Dioxide is), the Arctic warmed to the point that more ice melted, releasing more methane reserves and beginning a global apocalypse.

The tremendous amounts of methane caused global temperatures to skyrocket, increasing ocean temperatures and causing intense storms to increase in intensity and size, and also causing sea levels to rise quickly.

Tropical Storm Agyang
Agyang was a major tropical storm that hit Luzon full force, producing floods that killed 50 people.

Tropical Depression 02
Didn't affect land.

Tropical Storm Bathon
A tropical storm that didn't affect land at all.

Tropical Storm Cassidy
A major tropical storm that hit Mindanao, Philippines, killing over 100 people.

Typhoon Carl
Was the first typhoon of the season; it didn't hit land.

Typhoon Danny
Typhoon Danny was a major storm system that formed because of warmer-than-usual waters hundreds of miles east of the Philippines. It hit the country full-force, killing 20 people.

Typhoon Donald
Typhoon Donald formed on April 15, 1,000 miles east of the Philippines. The storm system was notorious for being the first super typhoon of the season. It slammed into Hong Kong as a Category 2 typhoon, with 125 mph (200 km/h) winds and a 20-foot (6-meter) storm surge, killing 50 people and injuring over 200 others.

Tropical Storm Erin
An intense storm that, fortunately, did not hit land.

Typhoon Faith
An intense storm that, fortunately, missed land.

Tropical Depression 10
Never hit land.

Typhoon Gina
Typhoon Gina was notorious for being the first Category 5 typhoon of the season. The storm intensified from Category 3 to Category 5 strength between June 15 and June 16, since it was close to the equator. It hit Davao City, Mindanao, Philippines with 190-mph (305 km/h) winds. Due to the fact that it was enormous (hurricane-force winds extended as far north as 100 miles from the 15-mile-wide eye), the hurricane caused tremendous floods all over the island. Worse, the massive storm produced a storm surge exceeding 25 feet, which moved nearly seven miles inland at a speed of up to 20 mph, killing 7,000 people.

The storm moved over the island, and then it hit Haiphong, Vietnam, as a Category 4 typhoon, with 150 mph (240 km/h) winds, killing over 500 people.

Typhoon Hector
A weak storm that didn't hit land at all.

Tropical Storm Ieon
A tropical storm that didn't affect land either.

Typhoon Jared
Typhoon Jared was notorious for being the first typhoon to reach wind speeds of 200 mph (320 km/h) and beyond. The storm system slammed into the Philippines at peak strength, with wind speeds of 205 mph (330 km/h) in its 20-mile-wide radius of maximum winds. The storm system, which had hurricane-force winds extend 90 miles from the eye, produced a massive storm surge of up to 40 feet (12 meters), which flooded inland at up to 20 mph, killing over 20,000 in Tacloban, Guiuan, and other cities in Leyte. The storm killed thousands more across the rest of the region, and its massive size helped cause floods in Manila, which killed hundreds. Total damages reached over $5 billion in economic losses, making Jared the costliest storm in Philippines history.

The storm then slammed into Da Nang, Vietnam, as an intense Category 5 hurricane, producing a 20-foot surge and 180 mph winds, killing over 2,000 in the city.

Typhoon Kate
Typhoon Kate was considered to be the strongest typhoon recorded, before Hurricane Harold was recorded to have had the highest wind speeds. Typhoon Kate hit Hong Kong as a 600-mile-wide typhoon, with wind speeds of 210 mph (335 km/h) and producing a storm surge of 33 feet (10 meters), which flooded into the city at a speed of up to 20 mph. The storm surge and the 210 mph winds killed a total of 15,000 people in and around Hong Kong, and causing over $250 billion in damage.

Typhoon Lieron
A weak typhoon that didn't hit land.

Typhoon Maker
Typhoon Maker was the most intense storm system up until the likes of Typhoon Noelani, Hurricane Michael, and Cyclone Minnie formed. It slammed into the city of Shanghai after intensifying for two days, producing a tropical-gale wind field extending 200 miles from the eye. The storm produced a 50-foot storm surge, and the 250 mph (400 km/h) winds killed hundreds of thousands more. Overall, the typhoon killed over 2,000,000 in the region.

Typhoon Minnie
Typhoon Minnie was notorious because it formed from a low-pressure system just east of Palau. It reached tropical storm strength by the time it was south of Mindanao, and continued to grow in strength and size. The storm was estimated to have packed winds of 215 mph and a diameter of 350 miles by the time it was south of Bangkok. It slammed into the Gulf of Thailand with major gusts, and caused death and destruction south of Bangkok.

The storm then crossed into the Indian Ocean, where it would intensify into the strongest Indian Ocean Tropical Cyclone the region had ever recorded. It slammed into Kolkata on September 11 as a 350-mile-wide storm, with 280 mph (450 km/h) winds in its 20-mile-wide eyewall, killing millions of people.

Typhoon Noelani
Typhoon Noelani formed on August 18 250 miles east of the date line. With waters exceeding 104*F, and no vertical wind shear, the storm quickly grew to a super typhoon within hours, and it slammed into the Marshall Islands with 235-mph winds. It scraped across the ocean, growing in strength and size, until it hit Palau with 350-mph winds and a wind field extending for a diameter of 1,800 miles. The storm system continued to intensify, and by the next day, it reached its peak wind speed of 435 mph and a pressure of 585 millibars. The enormous rainbands of the storm caused tremendous floods in the Philippines, killing millions of people. The storm then swung to the east, and on September 11, it slammed into Japan as a 3,000-mile-wide storm system, killing millions of people. It then moved west, slamming into Russia and North Korea. It then moved inland, through parts of Northern China, killing millions more. It then moved to the northeast, finally dissipating on September 21.

The storm system left a total of 95,000,000 dead throughout its path, and left millions more to die of starvation, disease, and treatable injuries.

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Aftermath
Much of the Western Pacific was left devastated by the massive typhoons, in the same way that the Atlantic Basin suffered a similar fate. By the end of the season, hundreds of millions of people had been killed, injured, and/or left homeless. Sea level rise had caused massive changes to many of the coastlines, and worse, disease and famine led to major riots, and even small wars, that devastated China, Vietnam, and the Philippines.

The biosphere of the countries began to suffer from floods, droughts, and other major problems. Japan was especially devastated, due to the fact that Noelani struck the country full force.

By the end of the decade, it is estimated that out of the 50% of the human race that will die, about 70% of the deaths will come from the Western Pacific, many from China, the Philippines, and even Vietnam, due to climate change-related events.

The winter of 2020-2021 was devastating to the region, as major blizzards and typhoons still caused major problems in the region.