Typhoon Sarika (2016)

Called Karen in the Philippines, Sarika intensified rapidly as it turned west-northwest toward Luzon and reached its peak just before coming ashore in Aurora early on 16 October. It went on to affect South China and Vietnam, striking Hainan harder than any October typhoon there since 1971: close to 6,000 houses damaged, 130,000 people cut off from telecommunications, and almost 381,000 hectares of banana, cassava, papaya and rubber crops affected. Economic losses reached US$894 million.

Formed (UTC)

2016-10-12

Dissipated (UTC)

2016-10-20

Peak Saffir-Simpson category

4

Peak wind (knots, 1-minute)

115

Basin it formed in

Western North Pacific

Deaths, as sources state them

At least 1

IBTrACS storm page

ncics.org/ibtracs/index.php?name=v04r01-2016287N12131

Category: Disasters & Incidents

Tags: typhoon, philippines, luzon, hainan, vietnam

Coordinates: 16.648006888837067, 117.55996555581467

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

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