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 through an eyewall replacement cycle as it bore down on Luzon. It made landfall over northern Luzon at about 19:00 UTC, 03:00 PHT on 12 August, then reached peak intensity at 12:00 UTC with 10-minute sustained winds of 195 km/h and pressure down to 925 hPa. The storm struck the Philippines and southern China in mid-August, and 97 people were killed.

Formed (UTC)

2013-08-08

Dissipated (UTC)

2013-08-18

Peak Saffir-Simpson category

4

Peak wind (knots, 1-minute)

130

Basin it formed in

Western North Pacific

Deaths, as sources state them

97

IBTrACS storm page

ncics.org/ibtracs/index.php?name=v04r01-2013220N12137

Category: Disasters & Incidents

Tags: typhoon, philippines, luzon, china

Coordinates: 16.73213318766214, 120.40360043701358

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

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