Typhoon Koppu (2015)

The storm struck the Philippine island of Luzon in mid-October. It made landfall over Casiguran, Aurora, at around 01:00 PHT on 18 October. Interaction with the mountainous terrain of Luzon weakened it rapidly, and its disheveled core emerged over the South China Sea on 19 October.

Formed (UTC)

2015-10-12

Dissipated (UTC)

2015-10-21

Peak Saffir-Simpson category

4

Peak wind (knots, 1-minute)

130

Basin it formed in

Western North Pacific

IBTrACS storm page

ncics.org/ibtracs/index.php?name=v04r01-2015285N14151

Category: Disasters & Incidents

Tags: typhoon, philippines, luzon, aurora, landfall

Coordinates: 15.5, 133.2183106173031

Part of Western Pacific typhoons of category 4 and above in the 2014 and 2015 seasons

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