Typhoon Hagupit (2014)

This article is about the 2014 typhoon. For other storms of the same name, see List of storms named Hagupit and List of storms named Ruby.

Typhoon Hagupit (Ruby)
Typhoon Hagupit shortly before peak intensity on December 4
Meteorological history
FormedNovember 30, 2014
DissipatedDecember 12, 2014
Violent typhoon
10-minute sustained (JMA)
Highest winds215 km/h (130 mph)
Lowest pressure905 hPa (mbar); 26.72 inHg
Category 5-equivalent super typhoon
1-minute sustained (SSHWS/JTWC)
Highest winds285 km/h (180 mph)
Lowest pressure907 hPa (mbar); 26.78 inHg
Overall effects
Fatalities18 total
Damage$114 million (2014 USD)
Areas affectedCaroline Islands, Palau, Philippines, Vietnam
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Part of the 2014 Pacific typhoon season

Typhoon Hagupit known in the Philippines as Super Typhoon Ruby, was the second most intense tropical cyclone in 2014. Hagupit particularly impacted the Philippines in early December while gradually weakening, killing 18 people and causing $114 million (2014 USD) of damage in the country.[1] Prior to making landfall, Hagupit was considered the worst threat to the Philippines in 2014, but it was significantly smaller than 2013's Typhoon Haiyan.[2]

Hagupit [3] developed into the 22nd tropical storm of the annual typhoon season on December 1 and became that year's eleventh typhoon the next day.[4][5] Under a favorable environment, the typhoon underwent rapid deepening and reached peak intensity northwest of Palau on December 4, with a clear eye.[6] Hagupit slightly weakened but restrengthened on December 5, but subsequently started to weaken again, due to subsidence associated with an upper-level trough.[7]

The typhoon made its first landfall over the province of Eastern Samar in the Philippines on December 6, and then made three other landfalls over the country.[8] Due to land interaction and its slow movement, Hagupit weakened into a tropical storm on December 8.[9] When arriving at the South China Sea on December 9, deep convection of the storm diminished significantly.[10] The system could not overcome the hostile environment and weakened into a tropical depression on December 11, before it eventually dissipated southeast of Ho Chi Minh City on December 12.[11]

  1. ^ "SitRep No. 27 re Effects of Typhoon "Ruby" (Hagupit)" (PDF). National Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Council. December 19, 2014. Archived (PDF) from the original on December 19, 2014. Retrieved January 1, 2015.
  2. ^ Freedman, Andrew (December 4, 2014). "Super Typhoon Hagupit poses deadly risks to Philippines, raises specter of Haiyan". Mashable. Retrieved January 1, 2015.
  3. ^ (hə-goo-PEET, [hɐguˈpit]; Filipino word meaning "lashing or flogging")
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