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| Very strong typhoon (JMA scale) | |
|---|---|
| Category 4 super typhoon (SSHWS) | |
 Super Typhoon Guchol near peak intensity on June 17 | |
| Formed | June 10, 2012 |
| Dissipated | currently active |
| Highest winds | 10-minute sustained: 185 km/h (115 mph) 1-minute sustained: 240 km/h (150 mph) |
| Lowest pressure | 930 hPa (mbar); 27.46 inHg |
| Fatalities | 1(52 injured) |
| Areas affected | Japan |
| Part of the 2012 Pacific typhoon season | |
Typhoon Guchol (International designation:1204, JTWC designation: 05W, PAGASA name: Butchoy) was a powerful tropical cyclone which impacted Southern Japan, in June. The storm formed as tropical disturbance formed south-southeast of Pohnpei on June 7, and was upgraded to a Tropical Depression on June 10. The system later intensified in favorable conditions, and reached typhoon intensity on June 15. It reached peak intensity late on June 17, before making landfall over Japan as a category one typhoon.
Authorities issued evacuation orders for more than 150,000 people in central, eastern and northeastern Japan, Kyodo News said, with warnings of dangerous landslides from the heavy rain. Guchol killed one man as the powerful typhoon bringing heavy rain and strong winds cut across Japan's main island Honshu overnight Tuesday to Wednesday, the weather agency and national media said. The man died because of a shed collapsed over him, while 52 people were injured in some fifteen provinces. Guchol, was the the first tropical storm to make a landfall on Japan this year, and the first since 2004 to do so as early as June. The name "Guchol", simply means "turmeric" in a Micronesian language.