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Choi-wan caused ₱307.2 million in damage (US$6.39 million) to infrastructure and in the agricultural industry across both Visayas and Mindanao throughout its path on June 1–2. [40] Choi-wan later scraped the coastline of Batangas Province in Luzon, causing minimal impact, before exiting into the coastal waters near Oriental Mindoro.
Choi-wan continued gradually intensifying, becoming a typhoon on September 20 to the southeast of Japan. That day, the JMA estimated peak winds of 130 km/h (81 mph), [12] and the JTWC estimated peak 1 minute winds of 185 km/h (115 mph) on September 21, [13] after Choi-wan developed a well-defined eye. The typhoon weakened due to increasing wind ...
Choi-wan's center was exposed due to a tropical upper tropospheric trough from the northeast, inducing shear on the system. [68] On June 1 at 12:30 UTC, Choi-wan made landfall on Sulat, Eastern Samar as a minimal tropical storm, [69] with the JTWC downgrading it to a tropical depression at 15:00 UTC. [70] It made a second landfall on Cataingan ...
It also refers to Choi Wan Estate, a public estate in Hong Kong. [2] Typhoon Choi-wan (2003) (T0315, 16W, Roskas) – paralleled the coast of Japan. Typhoon Choi-wan (2009) (T0914, 15W) – moved through the Northern Mariana Islands as a Category 5 super typhoon. Severe Tropical Storm Choi-wan (2015) (T1523, 23W) – churned in the open ocean.
Since 2009 the Hong Kong Observatory has divided typhoons into three different classifications: typhoon, severe typhoon and super typhoon. [20] A typhoon has wind speed of 64–79 knots (73–91 mph; 118–149 km/h), a severe typhoon has winds of at least 80 knots (92 mph; 150 km/h), and a super typhoon has winds of at least 100 knots (120 mph ...
One of this year’s most powerful storms made landfall in northern Vietnam on Saturday, after killing at least four people and injuring at least 95 others in southern China, according to state media.
The typhoon has strengthened into the equivalent of a Category 4 hurricane, packing powerful winds of more than 210 kph (125 mph) near its centre, according to Tropical Storm Risk.
South Korea's acting President Choi Sang-mok on Monday ordered an emergency safety inspection of the country's entire airline operation as investigators worked to identify victims and find out ...