Western Pacific typhoons of category 4 and above in the 2010 to 2013 seasons

Map of 18 locations in Western North Pacific

A time-ordered record of the strongest storms to form in the western North Pacific across four seasons, from Megi in October 2010 to Haiyan in November 2013. Each entry follows a track rather than marking a single point: where the system reached its peak, where it came ashore, and what the landfalls brought with them in wind, rain and recorded losses. These are historical events, drawn from catalogued track data and contemporary reporting.

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  • Typhoon Haiyan (2013) — The eye made its first landfall in the Philippines at Guiuan, Eastern Samar, at 20:40 UTC on 7 November, at maximum strength. Haiyan went o…
  • Typhoon Francisco (2013) — Francisco formed on 16 October east of Guam out of a pre-existing area of convection. On 19 October the JTWC upgraded it to peak 1-minute w…
  • Typhoon Danas (2013) — Danas reached Okinawa and Kagoshima three days after Typhoon Fitow had passed through the same island prefectures. By the time it passed ju…
  • Typhoon Usagi (2013) — Usagi developed into a tropical storm east of the Philippines late on 16 September and began explosive intensification on 19 September, for…
  • Typhoon Utor (2013) — Known in the Philippines as Labuyo, Utor intensified into a super typhoon on 10 August with winds estimated around 130 knots and went throu…
  • Typhoon Soulik (2013) — Soulik tracked west-northwest into Taiwan and made landfall in the north of the island late on 12 July before degrading to a tropical storm…
  • Typhoon Bopha (2012) — Named Pablo by PAGASA, Bopha was a compact system that held a small, well-defined eye as a Category 4 storm on 1 December, lost it, then re…
  • Typhoon Sanba (2012) — Sanba formed as a tropical depression east of the Philippines on 10 September, the seventeenth tropical depression of the western North Pac…
  • Typhoon Tembin (2012) — Known in the Philippines as Igme, Tembin followed an erratic track that brought it to Taiwan twice. It made landfall over the southern tip…
  • Typhoon Vicente (2012) — Vicente made landfall over Taishan in Guangdong, China, where it caused 11 deaths and significant damage to infrastructure. It also set off…
  • Typhoon Guchol (2012) — The JMA put Guchol's peak at 18:00 UTC with 10-minute sustained winds of 100 knots and a central pressure of 930 hectopascals. The storm ma…
  • Typhoon Nalgae (2011) — Known in the Philippines as Quiel, Nalgae reached its peak intensity on 30 September as it made landfall over Luzon. It weakened to a tropi…
  • Typhoon Nesat (2011) — Known in the Philippines as Pedring, Nesat came ashore in eastern Isabela and Aurora provinces at 18:21 GMT on Monday 26 September with max…
  • Typhoon Nanmadol (2011) — Nanmadol reached peak strength with 10-minute sustained winds of 185 km/h and 1-minute sustained winds of 260 km/h, threatening the Philipp…
  • Typhoon Ma-on (2011) — By 15 July the system had a well-defined eye, with its strongest convection along the southern periphery. Ma-on struck Shikoku on 19 July b…
  • Typhoon Songda (2011) — Songda reached its peak on 27 May with 1-minute sustained winds of 195 km/h and a minimum central pressure of 920 hPa. Skirting the eastern…
  • Typhoon Chaba (2010) — Chaba approached the Amami island region of Kagoshima late on 29 October. Rainfall across southern Japan reached close to 50 mm per hour. N…
  • Typhoon Megi (2010) — Megi made its first landfall over Luzon early on 18 October at peak intensity, killing 31 people there and causing $255.1 million in damage…

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