Typhoon Chanthu (2021)

Chanthu formed from a disturbance well east of the Philippines on 5 September and organized into a tropical depression the same day. It peaked on 10 September with 1-minute sustained winds of 285 km/h just northeast of extreme northeastern Luzon, then made landfall at Ivana in Batanes at 08:30 PhST with 1-minute winds of 270 km/h. It weakened steadily as it passed just east of Taiwan and eventually stalled just east of Shanghai.

Formed (UTC)

2021-09-05

Dissipated (UTC)

2021-09-20

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=v04r01-2021248N12141

Category: Disasters & Incidents

Tags: typhoon, western pacific, philippines, batanes, taiwan, china

Coordinates: 26.234376793500097, 122.66062607610006

Part of Category 5 tropical cyclones of the 2019 to 2022 seasons

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