Typhoon Halong (2019)

Halong reached Category 5 equivalent strength on a Tuesday in early November, while centred in the remote Northwest Pacific about 700 miles east-southeast of Iwo To. The track kept it over open ocean, well away from populated land.

Formed (UTC)

2019-11-01

Dissipated (UTC)

2019-11-10

Peak Saffir-Simpson category

5

Peak wind (knots, 1-minute)

165

Basin it formed in

Western North Pacific

IBTrACS storm page

ncics.org/ibtracs/index.php?name=v04r01-2019306N10162

Category: Disasters & Incidents

Tags: typhoon, western pacific, open ocean

Coordinates: 24.620502072951048, 151.91537655471328

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

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