Heavy rains of up to 2 inches (5 cm) per hour were forecast to pelt central and northern Japan. Rick existed from August 27 to September 3. Russian and U.S. naval forces suspended exercises in the Sea of Japan as Typhoon Kirk approached Thursday. The typhoon resulted in 38 fatalities from flooding.[4]. Maximum sustained winds of the cyclone reached 160 miles per hour (260 km/h) over the open ocean. Late in the day, Dale passed south of Guam bringing winds as high as 74 knots (137 km/h) and high seas which overtopped cliffs 30 metres (98 ft) high. Tropical Depression 17W existed from August 13 to August 16. It continued east-southeastward until dissipation on the 27th, south of the Philippines. Typhoon Bart claimed at least two lives on Okinawa and brought over 710 mm (28 inches) of rain to the island. Ningning dissipated offshore Vietnam on September 14. Authorities said high winds delayed flights at Narita airport outside Tokyo on Wednesday, stranding more than 1,000 people at the airport who could not get accommodation. Although expected to pass into the East China Sea north of Formosa on 8 October, the storm unexpectedly veered north toward Okinawa. It struck Mindanao several hours before dissipating on November 30. PAGASA uses its own naming scheme that starts in the Filipino alphabet, with names of Filipino female names ending with "ng" (A, B, K, D, etc.). Ann (Biring) developed on March 30. In … Orson existed from August 20 to September 3. Typhoon Maysak brushed Okinawa with strong winds and heavy rain. It weakened over the country, and dissipated on the 16th over the northern Pacific. At least 59 people were hurt and two people were reported missing. The typhoon struck southwestern Japan at that intensity on the 14th. It crossed the narrow Hainan Strait between Hainan and China, and continued west-southwestward across the Gulf of Tonkin. By midafternoon Wednesday, Kirk was about 400 miles southwest of Tokyo and headed northwest, closing in on Hiroshima with sustained winds of 89 miles an hour, the Central Meteorological Agency said. Zane existed from September 23 to October 3. It headed northwestward, slowly consolidating to become a tropical storm on the 5th. It struck Luzon on November 8 and then dissipated two days later. Kirk caused heavy flooding, resulting in … Marty made landfall on the 14th on northern Vietnam, where it dissipated 3 days later. Names not retired from this list will be used again in the 2000 season. The exposed remnants of 01W continued to drift south, before being completely absorbed by the, Philippine Atmospheric, Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration, ftp://eclipse.ncdc.noaa.gov/pub/ibtracs/.original_source/tokyo/bst_all.txt.htm#45718, http://www.usno.navy.mil/NOOC/nmfc-ph/RSS/jtwc/atcr/1996atcr.pdf. Police said the body of a 30-year-old woman swept away by high waves in Okinawa was found.