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 the Hong Kong plastic disaster, in which containers of polypropylene pellets fell into the sea and the pellets floated on the water.

Formed (UTC)

2012-07-18

Dissipated (UTC)

2012-07-25

Peak Saffir-Simpson category

4

Peak wind (knots, 1-minute)

115

Basin it formed in

Western North Pacific

Deaths, as sources state them

11

IBTrACS storm page

ncics.org/ibtracs/index.php?name=v04r01-2012201N15129

Category: Disasters & Incidents

Tags: typhoon, china, guangdong, hong kong, pollution

Coordinates: 19.2, 116.27381116135064

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

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