Category 5 tropical cyclones of the 2000 to 2004 seasons

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A chronological record of the tropical cyclones that reached the top of the Saffir-Simpson scale in the seasons from 2000 through 2004, drawn from four basins: the western and eastern North Pacific, the North Atlantic and the South Indian Ocean. Each is mapped as its full track rather than a single point, with the dates it was followed, its peak one-minute wind, and what was recorded of its landfalls and effects. These are historical storms, documented after the fact.

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  • Typhoon Ma-on (2004) — Ma-on originated from a weak low-pressure area with persistent convection north-northwest of Guam on 29 September 2004. The JTWC estimated…
  • Hurricane Ivan (2004) — The long-lived hurricane struck Grenada directly at Category 3 intensity, then passed Jamaica as a strong Category 4 and crossed Grand Caym…
  • Typhoon Chaba (2004) — Chaba originated from a gradually developing area of disturbed weather on 18 August, northeast of Kwajalein, and caused a swath of damage f…
  • Typhoon Nida (2004) — The depression intensified rapidly, becoming a tropical storm late in the morning of 14 May and receiving its name from the Japan Meteorolo…
  • Cyclone Gafilo (2004) — Gafilo intensified into a very intense tropical cyclone on 6 March and made landfall over Madagascar early the next day. After crossing the…
  • Typhoon Lupit (2003) — The storm formed on 18 November 2003 from the monsoon trough to the west of the Marshall Islands. It first brought tropical storm-force win…
  • Hurricane Isabel (2003) — Isabel reached peak winds of 165 mph on 11 September and attained Category 5 strength twice before any landfall. After fluctuating in inten…
  • Typhoon Maemi (2003) — While near peak intensity the typhoon decelerated and began turning to the north-northeast, positioned roughly 400 miles south-southeast of…
  • Cyclone Inigo (2003) — The system developed from a tropical low that crossed eastern Indonesia in late March 2003, was named on 1 April, and intensified rapidly a…
  • Cyclone Kalunde (2003) — On 12 March the cyclone passed 55 km from Rodrigues Island, and around that time the Joint Typhoon Warning Center reported winds of 100 km/…
  • Hurricane Hernan (2002) — The hurricane tracked off Baja California and was at its peak on 1 September, when Aqua MODIS imaged it with winds of 140 knots. Over the f…
  • Typhoon Fengshen (2002) — Fengshen weakened gradually as it approached Japan and crossed the country's Ōsumi Islands on 25 July as a severe tropical storm. After pas…
  • Typhoon Hagibis (2002) — Designated 05W by the Joint Typhoon Warning Center and numbered 0203 for the season, the system was tracked from 15 to 22 May across the we…
  • Cyclone Hary (2002) — Conditions favoured rapid organisation on 7 March, when the system developed an eye and well-defined outflow. It re-intensified to peak win…
  • Typhoon Mitag (2002) — The second storm of the 2002 Pacific typhoon season developed from a trough near the equator on 25 February close to the Federated States o…
  • Typhoon Faxai (2001) — Moving west-northwestward at a very slow pace, the storm damaged crops near Pingelap and then brought winds and rainfall that set off two l…
  • Typhoon Saomai (2000) — Before the typhoon made landfall on Okinawa it raised rough seas off the coast of Japan that led to several shipping incidents. As Saomai l…
  • Typhoon Bilis (2000) — Still at peak intensity, Bilis came ashore on the coast of southern Taiwan at 1400 UTC on 22 August, with winds reported at 161 mph. It the…
  • Typhoon Damrey (2000) — The first Northern Hemisphere cyclone of the 2000 season reached super typhoon status east of the Philippines, with gusts reported at over…

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