Tropical Storm Sarika (2011)

Tropical Storm Sarika (Dodong)

Tropical Storm Sarika, with a sheared convection on June 10
Meteorological history
Formed	June 8, 2011
Dissipated	June 11, 2011
Tropical storm
10-minute sustained (JMA)
Highest winds	75 km/h (45 mph)
Lowest pressure	996 hPa (mbar); 29.41 inHg
Tropical depression
1-minute sustained (SSHWS/JTWC)
Highest winds	55 km/h (35 mph)
Lowest pressure	1000 hPa (mbar); 29.53 inHg
Overall effects
Fatalities	26
Missing	13
Damage	$248 million (2011 USD)
Areas affected	Philippines, East China, Taiwan
IBTrACS
Part of the 2011 Pacific typhoon season

Tropical Storm Sarika, known in the Philippines as Tropical Storm Dodong, was a weak but costly tropical storm that affected Philippines and the East China in early-June 2011. The sixth tropical depression and the third named storm of the 2011 Pacific typhoon season, Sarika formed from an area of low pressure near Cebu City. As it traversed the Verde Island Passage on June 8, both the JTWC and the JMA started issuing advisories on the system, with the former issuing a TCFA on the system later that day. The next day, the PAGASA upgraded the low-pressure area to a tropical depression, naming it Dodong. Moving to the north, the system struggled to intensify due to strong wind shear and was downgraded by the JTWC to a tropical depression; however, the JMA kept the system as a minimal tropical storm until it made landfall near Shantou on June 11. It dissipated soon thereafter.

Despite the system being weak, Sarika caused 3 fatalities in the Philippines, all due to drowning and the rest are from Shantou, which are due to unknown reasons. The total damages from these affected countries are estimated at $248 million (2011 USD).^[1]