Typhoon Sanba (2012)

The system formed as a tropical depression east of the Philippines, the 17th of the season in the western North Pacific, with accounts dating its development to September 10 or 11. The Japan Meteorological Agency put its peak at 18:00 UTC on September 13, with 10-minute sustained winds of 205 km/h and a central pressure of 900 mbar. Passing just west of Japan, it caused extensive losses to agriculture, forestry and fishing in Okinawa Prefecture, then pushed on to South Korea, where losses totalled 365.7 billion won, about US$328 million.

Formed (UTC)

2012-09-10

Dissipated (UTC)

2012-09-18

Peak Saffir-Simpson category

5

Peak wind (knots, 1-minute)

155

Basin it formed in

Western North Pacific

IBTrACS storm page

ncics.org/ibtracs/index.php?name=v04r01-2012254N09135

Category: Disasters & Incidents

Tags: typhoon, western pacific, okinawa, south korea, 2012

Coordinates: 28.045264787533323, 128.1

Part of Category 5 tropical cyclones of the 2009 to 2012 seasons

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