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Tropical Cyclone
Typhoon Faxai (2019)
30 August 2019 · Eastern Pacific · Category 4
Typhoon Faxai formed in the Eastern Pacific basin on 30 August 2019 and lasted 12 days. Its sustained winds reached 213 km/h, Category 4 on the Saffir-Simpson scale, with a minimum pressure of 940 hPa. It made landfall in Japan. It killed at least 3 people.
- Formed
- 30 August 2019
- Dissipated
- 11 September 2019
- Duration
- 12 days
- Basin
- Eastern Pacific
- Maximum Sustained Wind
- 213 km/h (115 kt)
- Category (Saffir-Simpson)
- 4
- Minimum Pressure
- 940 hPa
- Deaths
- 3
Countries Hit
- Cat. 2Japan154 km/h
Other Cyclones of the Season
- Cat. 4Hurricane Barbara250 km/h
- Cat. 4Hurricane Erick213 km/h
- Cat. 4Hurricane Kiko213 km/h
- Cat. 3Hurricane Juliette204 km/h
- Cat. 1Hurricane Alvin120 km/h
Sources: IBTrACS v04r01, NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information (Knapp et al., 2010) · Wikidata · Natural Earth