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Tropical Cyclone
Typhoon Soudelor (2015)
29 July 2015 · Western Pacific · Category 5
Typhoon Soudelor formed in the Western Pacific basin on 29 July 2015 and lasted 14 days. Its sustained winds reached 287 km/h, Category 5 on the Saffir-Simpson scale, with a minimum pressure of 907 hPa. It made landfall in Taiwan, People's Republic of China and South Korea. It killed at least 59 people. It is the 61st most powerful tropical cyclone recorded since 1950.
- Formed
- 29 July 2015
- Dissipated
- 12 August 2015
- Duration
- 14 days
- Basin
- Western Pacific
- Maximum Sustained Wind
- 287 km/h (155 kt)
- Category (Saffir-Simpson)
- 5
- Minimum Pressure
- 907 hPa
- Deaths
- 59
- Estimated Damage
- 4.1 billion US dollars
Countries Hit
- Cat. 2Taiwan176 km/h
- TSPeople's Republic of China102 km/h
- TSSouth Korea0 km/h
Other Cyclones of the Season
- Cat. 5Typhoon Maysak278 km/h
- Cat. 5Typhoon Noul259 km/h
- Cat. 5Typhoon Dolphin259 km/h
- Cat. 5Typhoon Atsani259 km/h
- Cat. 4Typhoon Nangka250 km/h
- Cat. 4Typhoon Higos241 km/h
- Cat. 4Typhoon Dujuan241 km/h
- Cat. 4Typhoon Koppu241 km/h
Sources: IBTrACS v04r01, NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information (Knapp et al., 2010) · Wikidata · Natural Earth