Meteorological history | |
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Formed | June 3, 2018 |
Extratropical | June 11, 2018 |
Dissipated | June 13, 2018 |
Severe tropical storm | |
10-minute sustained (JMA) | |
Highest winds | 110 km/h (70 mph) |
Lowest pressure | 970 hPa (mbar); 28.64 inHg |
Tropical storm | |
1-minute sustained (SSHWS/JTWC) | |
Highest winds | 110 km/h (70 mph) |
Lowest pressure | 974 hPa (mbar); 28.76 inHg |
Overall effects | |
Fatalities | 2 total |
Areas affected | Philippines, Japan |
IBTrACS | |
Part of the 2018 Pacific typhoon season |
Severe Tropical Storm Maliksi, known in the Philippines as Severe Tropical Storm Domeng, was a tropical cyclone in June 2018 that brought rainfall to the Philippines and Japan. It caused 2 deaths and prompted the PAGASA to declare the beginning of the rainy season in the Philippines. The fifth named storm and 4th tropical cyclone in the Philippine Area of Responsibility (PAR),[1] it was first noted as an area of convection in the South of Palau on May 31.