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Typhoon/Cyclone Chip
Very severe cyclonic storm (IMD scale)
Category 1 tropical cyclone (SSHWS)
	Chip in the North Indian Ocean
Formed	November 10
Dissipated	November 23
Highest winds	3-minute sustained: 120 km/h (75 mph) ; 1-minute sustained: 140 km/h (85 mph) ;
Lowest pressure	984 hPa (mbar); 29.06 inHg
Fatalities	Over 100
Areas affected	Vietnam, India, Bangladesh
	Part of the 1998 Pacific typhoon season, 1998 North Indian Ocean cyclone season

Typhoon/Cyclone Chip (international designation: 9821, JTWC designation: 21W) was a rare cross-basin tropical cyclone that formed as Tropical Storm Chip in the West Pacific, and regenerated as Cyclone 07B in the North Indian Ocean. The twenty-first tropical cyclone of the 1998 Pacific typhoon season, Chip formed on November 10 and struck Vietnam on November 14. Chip dissipated over land. However, the remnants of Chip regenerated and eventually strengthened to a strong Category 1 cyclone before striking Bangladesh as a weak tropical cyclone. Chip dissipated on November 23.

Meteorological history[edit]

Chip originated a few hundred miles off Nansha Dao. The system rapidly