&sq=Google&lang=en&file=File:Kalmaegi_2008-07-17_0225Z.jpg) Kalmaegi shortly before being upgraded to a typhoon on July 17 | |
| Meteorological history | |
|---|---|
| Formed | July 13, 2008 |
| Extratropical | July 20, 2008 |
| Dissipated | July 24, 2008 |
| Typhoon | |
| 10-minute sustained (JMA) | |
| Highest winds | 120 km/h (75 mph) |
| Lowest pressure | 970 hPa (mbar); 28.64 inHg |
| Category 2-equivalent typhoon | |
| 1-minute sustained (SSHWS/JTWC) | |
| Highest winds | 165 km/h (105 mph) |
| Lowest pressure | 956 hPa (mbar); 28.23 inHg |
| Overall effects | |
| Fatalities | 25 |
| Damage | $332 million (2008 USD) |
| Areas affected | Philippines, Taiwan, China, Republic of Korea, and Japan |
| IBTrACS | |
Part of the 2008 Pacific typhoon season | |
Typhoon Kalmaegi (pronounced [kal.mɛ.ɟi]), known in the Philippines as Typhoon Helen, was the seventh named storm and the fifth typhoon that was recognised by the Japan Meteorological Agency. The Joint Typhoon Warning Center also recognised it as the eighth tropical depression, the seventh tropical storm and the sixth typhoon of the 2008 Pacific typhoon season.
Kalmaegi (Helen) formed as a tropical depression on 13 July when it was located to the east of the Philippines. It was named Kalmaegi by RSMC Tokyo on 15 July; the storm reached its peak winds of 75 knots (139 km/h) on 17 July. Shortly afterwards it made a direct landfall on Taiwan and then moved into China's Fujan province the next day it emerged into the Taiwan Strait and raced towards North Korea where it became fully extratropical and the last advisories were released.