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Content for first edition

Storms of the month

Typhoon Chanchu near its peak

Typhoon Chanchu was the first typhoon and first super typhoon of the 2006 Pacific typhoon season. Forming on May 9 over the open western Pacific Ocean, Chanchu moved over the Philippines on the 11th. There, it dropped heavy rainfall, causing mudslides, crop damage, and 41 deaths. It moved into the South China Sea, where it rapidly strengthened to a Super Typhoon on May 14, one of only two super typhoons in the sea. It turned to the north, weakened, and struck the Fujian province of China as a minimal typhoon on the 17th. The typhoon flooded 192 houses, while heavy rainfall caused deadly mudslides. In China, Chanchu caused at least 25 deaths and $480 million in damage (2006 USD). Elsewhere on its path, strong waves from the typhoon sank eleven boats in Vietnam, killing at least 44 people. In Taiwan, heavy rainfall killed two people, while in Japan, severe waves killed one person and injured another.

Throughout the entire globe, there was only one other tropical cyclone. Tropical Storm Aletta existed in the eastern Pacific Ocean from May 25 to May 29, peaking as a 45 mph tropical storm.

Article statistics

Article statistics
Grade	Apr	May	June
FA	7	7	10
A	4	5	7
GA	0	3	5
B	62	66	82
Start	154	177	168
Stub	13	12	10
Total	240	263	282
percentage ≥Less than B	69.6	71.6	63.1

New Articles

• Hurricane Edouard (1996), Typhoon Joan (1970), Hurricane Bonnie (1986), Hurricane Javier (2004), Tropical Storm Josephine (1996), Tropical Storm Matthew (2004), Tropical Storm Bonnie (2004), Hurricane Gert (1999), Storm of October 1804, Chanchu, Tropical Storm Odette (2003), Cyclone Percy, Cyclone Olaf, and Tropical Storm Arlene (1993).
• Tropical cyclone rainfall climatology, Dvorak technique, List of Bangladesh tropical cyclones, and Numerical weather prediction.

Improved Articles

• List of all current FA/L/Ps.
• List of candidates for Featuring.
• A cut-down version of the assessment log containing raises to GA/A/FA quality.

To-do List

• Subtropical ridge, Hurricane Gilbert and Indianola Hurricane of 1886.
• Camille and Andrew can be our wishlist FA's.

Other content

• 2005 Atlantic hurricane season as WP:TFA; Dvorak technique, Typhoon Joan (1970), Storm of October 1804 as WP:DYK
• Also, Cyclone Mala, Typhoon Dot (1985), List of Arizona hurricanes, Tropical cyclone prediction model, Hurricane Dot (1959) in the rest of 2006
• Explanation of Assessment scale.

Nominations for first edition

Storm of the month

• Typhoon Chanchu

1. The only one w/ an article, so yes. NSLE _(T+C) at 13:07 UTC (2006-06-01)
2. I agree (Also, if we're choosing a storm from the month and the year of the newsletter, what do we do if there is no article from the month and the year?). íslenska hurikein #12_(talk) 00:47, 2 June 2006 (UTC)

If that happens, we can still have a storm of the month. It'll just be shorter. Hurricanehink (talk) 01:30, 2 June 2006 (UTC)

Member of the month

• Jdorje, for starting this mess in the first place...

1. Nominator Hurricanehink (talk) 01:30, 31 May 2006 (UTC)

• Nilfanion - I've withdrawn so I can do the processing.--Nilfanion (talk) 00:32, 2 June 2006 (UTC)

1. Nominator Icelandic Hurricane #12_(talk) 17:58, 31 May 2006 (UTC)

• Titoxd, for his brilliant work in improving articles

1. Nominator ;) NSLE _(T+C) at 13:07 UTC (2006-06-01)

Random topic

• Assessment scale