Typhoon Dim-sum: how Hong Kong put a tasty snack on the storm map

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A “Typhoon Dim-sum” could one day be on the horizon after the name was added to the Asia-Pacific region’s official list of tropical cyclone names this week. It features among nine names to be added to the list of future tropical cyclones, with each name contributed by a country. The names of tropical storms are generally recycled, replacing those which have caused serious casualties and economic loss. So how does a mouth-watering snack come to be endorsed by the UN-backed Typhoon Committee? Why will a storm be called Typhoon Dim-sum? Dim-sum was Hong Kong’s contribution to the nine new tropical cyclone names introduced in 2026 to the list in the…

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