Hato

西北太平洋和南海的熱帶氣旋名單今年新增一個新名字「天鴿」，取代舊有名字「天鷹」。
A new name "Hato" has been adopted for tropical cyclones in the western North Pacific and South China Sea in 2013, replacing "Washi".

由日本提出的「天鴿」是一個星座名稱。
聯合國亞洲及太平洋經濟社會委員會/世界氣象組織轄下的颱風委員會二零一三年一月底在香港召開的第四十五屆會議通過採用這新名字。
"Hato", name of a constellation, was proposed by Japan.
The new name was endorsed by the United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (UNESCAP) / World Meteorological Organization (WMO) Typhoon Committee at its 45th Session in Hong Kong in late January 2013.



西北太平洋及南海熱帶氣旋名字
日本 天鴿

Tropical Cyclone Names in the western North Pacific and the South China Sea
Japan Hato


二零一三年熱帶氣旋新名字
﹝2013年7月24日﹞

New name for tropical cyclone in 2013 adopted
(24 July 2013)

根據颱風委員會慣例，受影響國家或地區可建議停用造成重大人命傷亡和經濟損失的熱帶氣旋名字。
二零一一年十二月，「天鷹」吹襲菲律賓南部期間引發洪災及山泥傾瀉，造成最少二千三百人死亡或失蹤及超過二千人受傷。
According to the convention of the Typhoon Committee, the country or region which has suffered serious human casualties and economic losses from a tropical cyclone may propose to remove its name from the name list.
In December 2011, "Washi" brought flash floods and landslip to the southern Philippines where over 2300 people were killed or missing and over 2000 people injured.

巿民、航空界、航運界及傳播媒介，請留意熱帶氣旋名字的改動及採取相應措施。
The public, aviation and shipping sectors and the media are requested to take note of the updated tropical cyclone name and to take appropriate action.