Typhoon Merbok (2022)

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'''Typhoon Merbok''' was the most intense storm to impact [[Alaska]] in the month of September in over 70 years. The fifteenth tropical depression, thirteenth tropical storm, and sixth [[typhoon]] of the [[2022 Pacific typhoon season]], Merbok formed in the West Pacific from a low-pressure area west of [[Wake Island]] on September 10. Over the next few days, the storm began to strengthen, reaching typhoon intensity on September 13. Merbok tracked northward, becoming an [[extratropical cyclone]] early on September 15. As an extratropical cyclone, it deepened before entering the [[Bering Sea]] as a powerful storm. Along the coast of Alaska, Merbok inflicted powerful [[storm surge]], flooding, and severe wind across many Alaskan communities.

'''Typhoon Merbok'''{{refn|The name ''Merbok'' ([[Malay language|Malay]]: merbok, [[Help:IPA/Indonesian and Malay|[mərbok]]]) was contributed by [[Malaysia]] and refers to the [[zebra dove]] (''Geopelia striata'') in [[Malay language|Malay]].{{Cite web| title= List of names for tropical cyclones adopted by the Typhoon Committee for the western North Pacific and the South China Sea|url=https://www.jma.go.jp/jma/jma-eng/jma-center/rsmc-hp-pub-eg/tyname.html|archive-date= August 5, 2005|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20050805083712/https://www.jma.go.jp/jma/jma-eng/jma-center/rsmc-hp-pub-eg/tyname.html |access-date=April 24, 2026 |website=Japan Meteorological Agency}}|group="nb"}} was the most intense storm to impact [[Alaska]] in the month of September in over 70 years. The fifteenth tropical depression, thirteenth tropical storm, and sixth [[typhoon]] of the [[2022 Pacific typhoon season]], Merbok formed in the West Pacific from a low-pressure area west of [[Wake Island]] on September 10. Over the next few days, the storm began to strengthen, reaching typhoon intensity on September 13. Merbok tracked northward, becoming an [[extratropical cyclone]] early on September 15. As an extratropical cyclone, it deepened before entering the [[Bering Sea]] as a powerful storm. Along the coast of Alaska, Merbok inflicted powerful [[storm surge]], flooding, and severe wind across many Alaskan communities.

== Meteorological history ==

== Meteorological history ==

*[[List of storms named Merbok|Other storms of the same name]]

*[[List of storms named Merbok|Other storms of the same name]]

*[[List of Alaska tropical cyclones]]

*[[List of Alaska tropical cyclones]]

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