Typhoon Meranti (2016)

Meranti formed as a tropical depression near Guam on 8 September and reached super typhoon status within days, with JTWC-estimated 1-minute sustained winds of 315 km/h (195 mph), a figure tied with Haiyan in 2013, Goni in 2020 and Surigae in 2021 for the strongest typhoon on record by wind speed. It passed south of Taiwan at that strength, threatening Kaohsiung City and its two million residents, then weakened steadily through land interaction. Batanes, Taiwan and Fujian all took impacts, with total damage of US$4.79 billion.

Formed (UTC)

2016-09-08

Dissipated (UTC)

2016-09-17

Peak Saffir-Simpson category

5

Peak wind (knots, 1-minute)

170

Basin it formed in

Western North Pacific

Deaths, as sources state them

47

IBTrACS storm page

ncics.org/ibtracs/index.php?name=v04r01-2016253N13144

Category: Disasters & Incidents

Tags: typhoon, taiwan, fujian, batanes, category 5

Coordinates: 20.290321735617866, 123.5580695862928

Part of Western Pacific typhoons of category 4 and above in the 2016 season

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