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Typhoon Yutu, known in the Philippines as Super Typhoon Rosita, was an extremely powerful tropical cyclone that caused catastrophic destruction on the islands of Tinian and Saipan in the Northern Mariana Islands, and later impacted the Philippines.
The name Yutu has been used to name four tropical cyclones in the northwestern Pacific Ocean. The name was submitted by China and literally means "Jade rabbit". Severe Tropical Storm Yutu (2001) (T0107, 10W, Huaning) – a Category 2 equivalent typhoon from JTWC, which impacted China. Typhoon Yutu (2007) (T0702, 02W, Amang) – not a threat to ...
The season's first typhoon, Yutu, reached typhoon status on May 18, and became the first super typhoon of the year on the next day. The scope of this article is limited to the Pacific Ocean, to the north of the equator between 100°E and the 180th meridian. Within the northwestern Pacific Ocean, there are two separate agencies that assign names ...
On October 24, 2018, Typhoon Yutu made landfall on the island of Tinian as a Category 5-equivalent super typhoon, becoming the most powerful storm on record to hit the Northern Mariana Islands, and causing an extensive amount of damage. [24] [25]
6 p.m. UTC - The JMA upgrades Severe Tropical Storm Yutu to Typhoon Yutu. [8] May 19. 2.45 a.m. UTC - PAGASA upgrades Tropical Storm Amang to Typhoon Amang (Yutu). May 22. 3 a.m. UTC - The JTWC issues its final warning on Typhoon 02W (Yutu), in the process of extratropical transition. 9 a.m. UTC - The JMA downgrades Typhoon Yutu to a severe ...
Thus, the JTWC quickly upgraded Yutu to a 70-knot typhoon. [11] The JMA, however, only classified it as a severe tropical storm. [13] On 12:00 UTC of July 25, Yutu reached its peak intensity as a Category 2-equivalent typhoon. [11] The system slowly weakened afterwards, and seven hours later, Yutu made landfall over the Dianbai District. Yutu ...
This is a list of all Pacific typhoons that have had their names retired from the international list of tropical cyclone names used in the Western Pacific Ocean. Since tropical cyclones started to be named in the basin after World War II a total of 77 typhoon names have been retired.
Typhoon Bolaven at its peak intensity while over the open Pacific on October 12, 2023. Violent typhoon is the highest category used by the Japan Meteorological Agency (JMA) to classify tropical cyclones in the Northwest Pacific basin. The basin is limited to the north of the equator between the 100th meridian east and the 180th meridian.