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The 2023 Pacific typhoon season was the fourth and final consecutive below-average Pacific typhoon season and became the third-least active on record in terms of named storms, with only 17 developing, surpassing only the 2010 and 1998 seasons. However, the season was slightly above average in terms of accumulated cyclone energy (ACE). Despite occurring during an El Niño event, which typically favors increased activity in the basin, overall development was unusually suppressed. This was mainly attributed to a prolonged negative phase of the Pacific decadal oscillation (PDO), which generally inhibits tropical cyclone formation in the region. The season was less active than the 2023 Atlantic hurricane season in terms of named storms—the fourth such occurrence on record, after 2005, 2010, and 2020. It also recorded fewer storms than the 2023 Pacific hurricane season. Of the 17 systems, ten intensified into typhoons, and four further strengthened into super typhoons. Despite the low number of storms, the season proved to be highly destructive, mainly due to Typhoon Doksuri, which devastated northern Philippines, Taiwan, and China in July, becoming the costliest typhoon on record and the costliest to strike mainland China; and Typhoon Haikui in September, which caused widespread damage across China, Taiwan, and Hong Kong. Activity across Southeast Asia was notably limited, with no tropical storm making landfall in mainland Vietnam, the third such occurrence since the country's independence, following the 1976 and 2002 seasons.