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Typhoon Mangkhut

This article is about the 2018 typhoon. For other storms of the same name, see List of storms named Mangkhut and List of storms named Ompong.

Typhoon Mangkhut (Ompong)
Mangkhut near peak intensity on September 12
Meteorological history
FormedSeptember 6, 2018
DissipatedSeptember 17, 2018
Violent typhoon
10-minute sustained (JMA)
Highest winds205 km/h (125 mph)
Lowest pressure905 hPa (mbar); 26.72 inHg
Category 5-equivalent super typhoon
1-minute sustained (SSHWS/JTWC)
Highest winds285 km/h (180 mph)
Lowest pressure896 hPa (mbar); 26.46 inHg
Overall effects
Fatalities134 total
Damage$3.77 billion (2018 USD)
Areas affectedGuam, Northern Mariana Islands, Philippines, Malaysia, Taiwan, Hong Kong, Macau, China, Vietnam, Japan
IBTrACSEdit this at Wikidata
Part of the 2018 Pacific typhoon season

Typhoon Mangkhut, known in the Philippines as Super Typhoon Ompong, was a powerful and catastrophic tropical cyclone that caused extensive damage in Guam, the Philippines, and South China in September 2018. It was the strongest typhoon to strike Luzon since Megi in 2010, and the strongest to make landfall anywhere in the Philippines since Meranti in 2016.[1] Mangkhut was also the strongest typhoon to affect Hong Kong since Ellen in 1983.[2]

Mangkhut[nb 1], named for the Thai word for the mangosteen fruit, was the thirty-second tropical depression, twenty-second tropical storm, ninth typhoon, and fourth super typhoon of the 2018 Pacific typhoon season. It made landfall in the Philippine province of Baggao, Cagayan late on September 14, as a Category 5-equivalent super typhoon, and subsequently impacted Hong Kong and southern China.[3] Mangkhut was also the third-strongest tropical cyclone worldwide in 2018.

Over the course of its existence, Mangkhut left behind a trail of severe destruction in its wake. The storm caused a total of $3.77 billion (2018 US) in damage across multiple nations, along with at least 134 fatalities: 127 in the Philippines,[4][5] six in mainland China,[6] and one in Taiwan.[7]

  1. ^ Cite error: The named reference Philippines lashed was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  2. ^ Cheung, Tony; Xinqi, Su (September 17, 2018). "Typhoon Mangkhut officially Hong Kong's most intense storm since records began". South China Morning Post. Retrieved September 17, 2018.
  3. ^ "Year's strongest storm batters Philippines". BBC News. September 15, 2018.
  4. ^ Girlie Linao (September 22, 2018). "Typhoon Mangkhut death toll hits 127". PerthNow. Retrieved October 8, 2018.
  5. ^ "At least 95 dead due to Typhoon Ompong". Rappler. September 21, 2018. Retrieved September 21, 2018.
  6. ^ 应急管理新机制助力台风"山竹"应对 (Report) (in Simplified Chinese). September 19, 2018. Archived from the original on September 28, 2018. Retrieved September 22, 2018.
  7. ^ McKenzie, Sheena (September 16, 2018). "Typhoon Mangkhut hits mainland China, lashes Hong Kong, dozens dead in Philippines". CNN. Retrieved September 16, 2018.


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