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Typhoon Meranti, known in the Philippines as Super Typhoon Ferdie, was one of the most intense tropical cyclones on record. Impacting the Batanes in the Philippines , Taiwan , as well as Fujian Province in September 2016, Meranti formed as a tropical depression on September 8 near the island of Guam .
The 2016 Pacific typhoon season is considered to have been the fourth-latest start for a Pacific typhoon season since reliable records began. It was the second consecutive season to have above average tropical cyclone activity that produced a total of 26 named storms, 13 typhoons, and 6 super typhoons.
In September, Typhoon Meranti became the strongest typhoon in terms of pressure since Typhoon Megi in 2010, as well as the strongest typhoon in terms of sustained winds since Typhoon Haiyan in 2013, and the second-strongest tropical cyclone worldwide in 2016, only behind Cyclone Winston, in terms of pressure.
At ― Typhoon Lionrock (Dindo) regains its strength to a Category 3 typhoon as it now heads to the northeast At 19°00′N 116°18′E / 19.0°N 116.3°E / 19.0; 116.3 ( Tropical Depression 24 forms ) ― Another tropical depression forms over the South China Sea, possibly coming from the remnants of an earlier marked tropical ...
It is the second strongest typhoon to land in China’s Fujian after deadly Typhoon Meranti in 2016 and the second typhoon to hit the country in less than two weeks.
It was the first of 51 tropical cyclones during the year. The strongest of the year was Typhoon Meranti, which reached 10 minute sustained winds of 220 km/h (140 mph) while moving through the Batanes in the Philippines. Meranti later struck China, and along its path it killed 47 people, with US$4.79 billion in damage.
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Typhoon Meranti (2016) (T1614, 16W, Ferdie) – an extremely powerful typhoon that made landfall in Itbayat, the Philippines near peak intensity and struck Taiwan and China afterwards, causing at least $4.7 billion worth of damage. The name Meranti was retired following the 2016 typhoon and was replaced with Nyatoh, first used during the 2021 ...