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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; see 1985 Pacific Hurricane Season . Tropical Storms formed in the entire west pacific basin were assigned a name by the Joint Typhoon Warning Center . Tropical depressions in this basin have the "W" suffix added to their number. Tropical depressions that enter or form in the Philippine area of responsibility are assigned a name by the Philippine Atmospheric, Geophysical And Astronomical Services Administration or PAGASA. This can often result in the same storm having two names. STORMS 27 tropical depressions formed this year in the Western Pacific, of which 26 became tropical storms. 17 storms reached typhoon intensity, of which 1 reached super typhoon strength. Typhoon Hal Typhoon Hal, which formed on June 19 east of the Philippines , passed just north of Luzon on the 22nd as a 95 mph typhoon. After briefly weakening Hal restrengthened to a peak of 115 mph before weakening back to a minimal typhoon. The 75 mph typhoon hit 75 nautical miles east-southeast of Hong Kong in southeastern China on the 24th, and dissipated the next day. Heavy rain associated with the typhoon caused 38 deaths (with 14 missing) and widespread crop and structual damage. Typhoon Jeff The monsoon trough spawned a tropical depression in northwest of Guam on July 21 . It tracked northward, becoming a tropical storm on the 22nd and reaching its first peak of 70 mph winds on the 23rd. An upper level trough outran the system, forcing Jeff westward into a shearing environment and weakening it to a depression on the 26th. The shear abated, and Jeff was able to restrengthen, becoming a storm on the 27th and a typhoon on the 29th. The 85 mph typhoon hit eastern China on the 30th. Jeff weakened rapidly to a depression, but upon reaching the Yellow Sea , it again restrengthened to a tropical storm on the 1st. Jeff reached a third peak of 60 mph winds before becoming extratropical on the 2nd. 180 people were killed from this storm, with moderate to heavy damage to crops. Typhoon Mamie On August 15 a tropical depression formed from the monsoon trough a short distance of northern Taiwan . It headed northeastward, becoming a tropical storm later that day. The building of the ridge to its east forced Mamie northwestward, where it became a typhoon on the 17th. On the 18th, the typhoon hit near Shanghai, China , and paralleled the east coast of China. The storm turned to the northeast, hit near Dairen, China , and dissipated on the 20th. Mamie was responsible for 35 fatalities and heavy crop damage. Typhoon Nelson Typhoon Nelson, which developed on August 16 , brushed northern Taiwan on the 23rd as a 90 mph typhoon. Later that day, it made landfall on eastern China, and it dissipated on the 24th. Nelson caused 52 deaths and heavy damage across eastern China. In addition, the remnants of the storm stalled over the area, killing an additional 147 people. Typhoon Odessa Typhoon Odessa was a tropical system that was active from August 23 through the 1st in the Western Pacific Ocean . It is one of the most powerful, circular Tropical Cyclone patterns seen by spacecraft crew. After moving westward and stalling southwest of Japan, it turned the northeast and hit on the 31st. Typhoon Cecil An area of convection organized into a tropical depression on October 12 in the southeastern South China Sea . It tracked to the west-northwest, becoming a tropical storm later that day and a typhoon on the 13th. Cecil continued to intensify, and reached a peak of 115 mph winds before hitting north-central Vietnam and dissipating on the 16th. Torrential flooding and wind damage to the area caused 702 casualties, with widespread structual and crop damage. Super Typhoon Dot The monsoon trough spawned a tropical depression over the open West Pacific on October 11 . It headed west-northwestward, strengthening to a tropical storm on the 13th and a typhoon on the 14th. Dot rapidly intensified to a 175 mph Super Typhoon on the 16th, the only one of the year, and steadily weakened until hitting eastern Luzon as a 130 mph typhoon on the 18th. It crossed the South China Sea, hit southern Hainan Island , and made its final landfall on northern Vietnam on the 21st as a 70 mph tropical storm. Dot caused 76 fatalities and moderate to heavy damage on its path. 1985 STORM NAMES Western North Pacific tropical cyclones were named by the Joint Typhoon Warning Center . The first storm of 1985 was named Elsie and the final one was named Irving. One central Pacific system, Tropical Depression Two-C, crossed into this basin, keeping its "C" suffix but earning a West Pacific name. SEE ALSO EXTERNAL LINKS
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