Typhoon Soudelor (2015)

The storm made landfall on Saipan, causing extensive damage, then struck Hualien in Taiwan late on 7 August and emerged over the Taiwan Strait early the next day. Accounts of the toll differ: one gives 40 confirmed fatalities across the Northern Mariana Islands, Taiwan and eastern China, while another reports 45 killed in eastern China alone after parts of the country were hit by the heaviest rains in a century.

Formed (UTC)

2015-07-29

Dissipated (UTC)

2015-08-12

Peak Saffir-Simpson category

5

Peak wind (knots, 1-minute)

155

Basin it formed in

Western North Pacific

Deaths, as sources state them

40 confirmed overall, or 45 in eastern China; estimates differ

IBTrACS storm page

ncics.org/ibtracs/index.php?name=v04r01-2015211N13162

Category: Disasters & Incidents

Tags: typhoon, saipan, taiwan, eastern china, flooding

Coordinates: 20.23962778277522, 131.01130276028675

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

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