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Typhoon Mangkhut

Violent typhoon (JMA scale)
Category 5 super typhoon (SSHWS)
Typhoon Mangkhut shortly before making landfall in Baggao, Cagayan
Duration	September 12–16, 2018
Winds	10-minute sustained: 205 km/h (125 mph) 1-minute sustained: 260 km/h (160 mph)
Pressure	905 hPa (mbar); 26.72 inHg
Fatalities	≥82
Damage	$627 million (2018 USD)
Areas affected	Philippines, particularly Luzon
Part of the 2018 Pacific typhoon season

• Annual report by Aon Benfield: lists 161 deaths across Philippines, Taiwan, mainland China
• Rappler news report: retrieval operations at Itogon end on September 30 with 94 deaths there
• NDRRMC situation reports: last one (#57) dated October 6 lists 82 dead, 2 missing, 138 injured
• DSWD final report
• ReliefWeb page
• NDRRMC severe weather bulletins

Background

See also: Meteorological history of Typhoon Mangkhut

Map plotting the storm's track and intensity, according to the Saffir–Simpson scale

Map key

Saffir–Simpson scale

  Tropical depression (≤38 mph, ≤62 km/h)
  Tropical storm (39–73 mph, 63–118 km/h)
  Category 1 (74–95 mph, 119–153 km/h)
  Category 2 (96–110 mph, 154–177 km/h)
  Category 3 (111–129 mph, 178–208 km/h)
  Category 4 (130–156 mph, 209–251 km/h)
  Category 5 (≥157 mph, ≥252 km/h)
  Unknown

Storm type

Tropical cyclone

Subtropical cyclone

Extratropical cyclone, remnant low, tropical disturbance, or monsoon depression

Preparations

A map of the highest Public Storm Warning Signals raised throughout the Philippines in relation to Mangkhut's passage

Duration: class suspensions begin September 12, TCWS issued beginning September 13, landfall 18Z September 14, TCWS cancelled September 16 (5:00 a.m. local time, 21:00 UTC September 15)

Highest Public Storm Warning Signal

PSWS#	LUZON	VISAYAS	MINDANAO
PSWS #4	Cagayan, northern part of Isabela, Babuyan Group of Islands, Ilocos Norte, Abra, Apayao, Kalinga	NONE	NONE
PSWS #3	Batanes, Ilocos Sur, La Union, Mt. Province, Benguet, Ifuga	NONE	NONE
PSWS #2	southern part of Isabela, Nueva Vizcaya, Pangasinan, Tarlac, Nueva Ecija, Aurora, Zambales, Quirino, Pampanga, Bulacan, northern part of Quezon incl. Polillo Island	NONE	NONE
PSWS #1	Bataan, Rizal, Batangas, Metro Manila, Cavite, Laguna, southern part of Quezon, Lubang Island	NONE	NONE

Impact

Mangkhut RB landfall in the Philippines

Aftermath

International response

• World Bank