Typhoon Sanba (2012)

Sanba formed as a tropical depression east of the Philippines on 10 September, the seventeenth tropical depression of the western North Pacific season. Moving over very warm water, it reached its peak at 18:00 UTC on 13 September with 10-minute sustained winds of 205 km/h and a central pressure of 900 mbar according to the JMA, while the JTWC estimated 1-minute sustained winds of 285 km/h. It passed around Okinawa and then just west of Japan, causing extensive losses to agriculture, forestry and fishing in Okinawa Prefecture, before pushing into South Korea on 17 September.

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, okinawa, japan, south korea, agriculture

Coordinates: 28.045264787533323, 128.1

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

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