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 Philippines, it set off flash floods and significant landslides and caused four deaths there, though damage totals for the country are unknown. Across its full path it was blamed for 17 deaths and more than ¥7.06 billion in damage.

Formed (UTC)

2011-05-19

Dissipated (UTC)

2011-06-02

Peak Saffir-Simpson category

5

Peak wind (knots, 1-minute)

140

Basin it formed in

Western North Pacific

Deaths, as sources state them

17

IBTrACS storm page

ncics.org/ibtracs/index.php?name=v04r01-2011140N08142

Category: Disasters & Incidents

Tags: typhoon, philippines, landslides, flooding

Coordinates: 33.93779045761945, 135.97069709828668

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

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