Meteorological history | |
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Formed | May 29, 2021 |
Extratropical | June 5, 2021 |
Dissipated | June 6, 2021 |
Tropical storm | |
10-minute sustained (JMA) | |
Highest winds | 75 km/h (45 mph) |
Lowest pressure | 998 hPa (mbar); 29.47 inHg |
Tropical storm | |
1-minute sustained (SSHWS/JTWC) | |
Highest winds | 85 km/h (50 mph) |
Lowest pressure | 996 hPa (mbar); 29.41 inHg |
Overall effects | |
Fatalities | 11 |
Missing | 2 |
Damage | $6.39 million (2021 USD) |
Areas affected | Palau, Philippines, Taiwan, Japan |
IBTrACS | |
Part of the 2021 Pacific typhoon season |
Tropical Storm Choi-wan, known in the Philippines as Tropical Storm Dante, was a tropical storm which caused moderate flooding and damage in the Philippines and also affected Taiwan. The third named storm of the 2021 Pacific typhoon season, Choi-wan originated from an area of low pressure, located south-southeast of Guam near a brewing system. Fueled by an environment favorable for tropical cyclogenesis, it developed into a tropical depression, two days later as it moved westward. At 00:00 UTC on May 31, the system strengthened to a tropical storm and was named Choi-wan by the JMA. Although the storm was still located in the conductive conditions off the Philippine Sea while moving northwestward, a tropical upper tropospheric trough to the northeast halted the system's intensification, with Choi-wan's convection displaced to the south of its circulation on satellite imagery.
Heavy rains caused floods across a majority of Mindanao and Visayas; 11 fatalities were reported and 2 people are missing.[1] In the southwestern Philippines, 45,000 people were impacted while more than 12,000 sheltered at evacuation centers to ride out the cyclone.[2] In Western Visayas, 895 people were also evacuated on June 2.[3] Around 4,813 individuals were displaced in Agusan del Norte.[4]