Typhoon Fung-wong (2008)

Typhoon Fung-wong (Igme)

Typhoon Fung-wong near peak intensity approaching Taiwan on July 27
Meteorological history
Formed	July 23, 2008
Dissipated	July 30, 2008
Typhoon
10-minute sustained (JMA)
Highest winds	140 km/h (85 mph)
Lowest pressure	960 hPa (mbar); 28.35 inHg
Category 2-equivalent typhoon
1-minute sustained (SSHWS/JTWC)
Highest winds	175 km/h (110 mph)
Lowest pressure	952 hPa (mbar); 28.11 inHg
Overall effects
Fatalities	23 direct
Damage	$541 million (2008 USD)
Areas affected	Philippines, Taiwan, and mainland China
IBTrACS
Part of the 2008 Pacific typhoon season

Typhoon Fung-wong, known in the Philippines as Typhoon Igme, was a deadly typhoon in the 2008 Pacific typhoon season which made landfall on Taiwan and China. Typhoon Fung-wong reached peak intensity of a Category 2 typhoon on the Saffir-Simpson Hurricane Scale by the Joint Typhoon Warning Center with peak winds of 95 knots (176 km/h). Damage was extensive in Taiwan, hitting little more than a week later than Typhoon Kalmaegi, but a specific cost is unknown, though later estimated at 541 million (2008 USD).^[1]