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Tropical Cyclone
Typhoon Prapiroon (2000)
24 August 2000 · Western Pacific · Category 1
Typhoon Prapiroon formed in the Western Pacific basin on 24 August 2000 and lasted 11 days. Its sustained winds reached 139 km/h, Category 1 on the Saffir-Simpson scale, with a minimum pressure of 965 hPa. It made landfall in North Korea and Japan.
- Formed
- 24 August 2000
- Dissipated
- 4 September 2000
- Duration
- 11 days
- Basin
- Western Pacific
- Maximum Sustained Wind
- 139 km/h (75 kt)
- Category (Saffir-Simpson)
- 1
- Minimum Pressure
- 965 hPa
Countries Hit
- TSNorth Korea102 km/h
- TSJapan0 km/h
Other Cyclones of the Season
- Cat. 5Typhoon Damrey287 km/h
- Cat. 5Typhoon Bilis259 km/h
- Cat. 5Typhoon Saomai259 km/h
- Cat. 4Typhoon Shanshan250 km/h
- Cat. 4Typhoon Jelawat232 km/h
- Cat. 4Typhoon Kirogi213 km/h
- Cat. 3Typhoon Soulik204 km/h
- Cat. 3Typhoon Yagi194 km/h
Sources: IBTrACS v04r01, NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information (Knapp et al., 2010) · Wikidata · Natural Earth