2010-2019 Planet X Pacific typhoon seasons

The 2010s, for Planet X, featured the 2010-2019 Pacific typhoon seasons. The seasons had no official bounds, but most tropical cyclones tend to form in the northwestern Pacific Ocean between June and December. These dates conventionally delimit the period of each year when most tropical cyclones form in the northwestern Pacific Ocean.

The scope of this article is limited to the Pacific Ocean, north of the Equator and west of the International Date Line. Storms that form east of the Date Line and north of the Equator are called hurricanes. Tropical storms forming across the entire West Pacific basin were assigned a name by the Joint Typhoon Warning Center (JTWC). Tropical depressions in this basin have the "W" suffix added to their number by the JTWC.

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2010 Pacific typhoon season
No storms were reported this season due to the lack of technology.

2011 Pacific typhoon season
A typhoon devestated Guam on November 16. This is the first known Planet X typhoon on record.

2012 Pacific typhoon season
No storms were reported this season.

2013 Pacific typhoon season
No storms were reported this season.

2014 Pacific typhoon season
A "massive" typhoon, as described by the JTWC, sunk two naval ships in the open Pacific on October 14. It was unofficially named Viper by the JTWC because it "sunk the ships like a snake".

2015 Pacific typhoon season
For the first time on record, weather satellites were deployed across the Western Pacific on January 1. To concide with this, whenever an investigating Hurricane Hunters pilot or meteorologist spotted a storm, the JTWC gave it the privilege to officially name it with a male given name. Many of the pilots and meteorologists named them after their former school enemies or their sons.

Four notable storms occured during 2015. Typhoon Josh and Tropical Storm Jason directly affected Tokyo, killing hundreds and causing mass flash flooding. Typhoon Finn made landfall over rural China, leading to devestating landslides, major property damage, and extreme amounts of death reports. Finally, Tropical Storm Quincy attacked Manila with exceptionally gusty winds.

2016 Pacific typhoon season
Beginning this season, the JTWC began to use two predetermined naming lists (containing entirely masculine names) to name storms forming in the Western Pacific, abolishing its former policy to allow pilots and meteorologists who first reconigzed the storm to identify them.

Due to a lack of activity in this season (the causes are unknown), only one notable storm, Joachim, formed. It caused 800 deaths in the Macau region of China from heavy precipitation.

2017 Pacific typhoon season
The JTWC deployed more weather satellites across the Pacific this year and now could collect more data than it previously could from existing storms.

The 2017 Pacific typhoon season was a devestating year for China, the Philippines, Japan, and Korea in terms of impact.

Typhoon Wilbur caused mass landslides across Japan.

Typhoon James battered Hong Kong with fierce hurricane-force winds.

Typhoons Paolini and Roman combined sank hundreds of ships anchored around Shanghai, Tokyo, and Seoul.

Typhoon Quinn resulted in the first loss of a Hurricane Hunter aircraft on Planet X (the next storm to do so would be Typhoon Joachim the following year) and trashed shipping ports around Manila.

2018 Pacific typhoon season
The 2018 Pacific typhoon season featured a slightly below average amount of storms.

During the year, Typhoon Yannick slammed into South Korea in late March, killing 1,436 people.

Also, Typhoon Gunther sank 400 ferries in Hong Kong's Victoria Harbor.

Finally, Typhoon Joachim downed a Hurricane Hunters aircraft near Wake Island, leading to the loss of five pilots. This made it the second typhoon to down an aircraft, after Typhoon Quinn in the previous season.

2019 Pacific typhoon season
Above-average activity was observed in this season.

Typhoon Alfredo made landfall in the Shanghai region of China on June 16, destroying 400,000 structures in the city and killing 954 people.

Typhoons James, Kurt, and Miekel affected the Kobe region of Japan, combined damaging millions of structures and killing up to 5,000 citizens. They are considered the "Three Enemies of Kobe".

Typhoon Paolini affected a sparsely populated region of the Philippines, causing major flash flooding.

Typhoon Quinn made an unusual landfall over rural Malaysia and continued into the Bay of Benegal. Due to the storm's unexpected arrival, nearly 40,000 citizens perished during Quinn's fury. As a result, the JTWC gave it a special name - the Kuala Lumpur Typhoon.

Storm names
The JTWC began retirement for the West Pacific after this season. The names Alfredo, James, Kurt, Miekel, Paolini, and Quinn were retired for their devestating impacts. They would be replaced by Akash, Jorg, Kyrill, Mason, Pedro, and Quentin for usage in future seasons. In addition, the name Roman was removed after this season for no particular reason and replaced with Raphael for future usage.