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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.
Typhoon Choi-wan was a powerful typhoon that became the first Category 5-equivalent super typhoon to form during the 2009 Pacific typhoon season. Forming on September 11, 2009, about 1,100 km (700 mi) to the east of Guam, the initial disturbance rapidly organized into a tropical depression. By September 12, the depression intensified into a ...
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.
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 ...
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.
As tropical storm Bebinca barrels towards waters off northern Taiwan gathering strength into a possible typhoon, weather forecasters in Taipei are using a new and so far successful method to help ...
A powerful typhoon brought widespread flooding and landslides to the Philippines on Wednesday, killing at least five people, authorities in the country said.
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 ...