&sq=Google&lang=en&file=File:Yagi_2018-08-12_0240Z.jpg) Tropical Storm Yagi approaching China on August 12, 2018 | |
| Meteorological history | |
|---|---|
| Formed | August 6, 2018 |
| Extratropical | August 15, 2018 |
| Dissipated | August 16, 2018 |
| Tropical storm | |
| 10-minute sustained (JMA) | |
| Highest winds | 75 km/h (45 mph) |
| Lowest pressure | 990 hPa (mbar); 29.23 inHg |
| Tropical storm | |
| 1-minute sustained (SSHWS/JTWC) | |
| Highest winds | 100 km/h (65 mph) |
| Lowest pressure | 983 hPa (mbar); 29.03 inHg |
| Overall effects | |
| Fatalities | 7 total |
| Damage | $365 million (2018 USD) |
| Areas affected | China, Taiwan, Philippines, and Korea |
| IBTrACS | |
Part of the 2018 Pacific typhoon season | |
Tropical Storm Yagi, known in the Philippines as Tropical Storm Karding, was a moderate but damaging tropical cyclone that was part of the 2018 Pacific typhoon season. Yagi started its lifetime as an area of low-pressure, located southwest of Iwo To on August 1. The system struggled to intensify for five days until it was recognized as a depression by the JMA on August 7. JTWC later followed suit and went ahead to designate it as Tropical Depression 18W. It maintained its intensity due to easterly wind shear, despite the system being well organized. Both agencies upgraded into a tropical storm on the next day after showing winds of 35 knots.
Yagi later curved towards the northwest, battering with moderate wind shear. JTWC later reached its 1-minute peak intensity of 50 mph on August 12. Shortly after this, Yagi made landfall in Wenling in Zhenjiang, China. As it moved inland, JTWC continued tracking as an extratropical cyclone before issuing a final warning on August 16.