&sq=&lang=&file=File:Maysak_2015-04-01_0134Z.jpg) Maysak at peak intensity on April 1 | |
| Meteorological history | |
|---|---|
| Formed | March 26, 2015 |
| Dissipated | April 7, 2015 |
| Violent typhoon | |
| 10-minute sustained (JMA) | |
| Highest winds | 195 km/h (120 mph) |
| Lowest pressure | 910 hPa (mbar); 26.87 inHg |
| Category 5-equivalent super typhoon | |
| 1-minute sustained (SSHWS/JTWC) | |
| Highest winds | 280 km/h (175 mph) |
| Lowest pressure | 911 hPa (mbar); 26.90 inHg |
| Overall effects | |
| Fatalities | 5 direct |
| Damage | $8.5 million (2015 USD) |
| Areas affected | Federated States of Micronesia, Philippines |
| IBTrACS | |
Part of the 2015 Pacific typhoon season | |
Typhoon Maysak, known in the Philippines as Super Typhoon Chedeng, was the most powerful pre-April tropical cyclone on record in the Northwestern Pacific Ocean.[1][2] The fourth named storm of the 2015 Pacific typhoon season, Maysak originated as a tropical depression on March 26. The next day, the Japan Meteorological Agency (JMA) upgraded the depression to a tropical storm and assigned it the name Maysak. According to the JMA, Maysak became the second typhoon of the year on March 28. The typhoon underwent explosive intensification into a Category 5 super typhoon on March 31, passing near the islands of Chuuk and Yap in the Federated States of Micronesia. After maintaining that intensity for 18 hours, Maysak weakened, made landfall over the Philippine island of Luzon as a minimal tropical storm, and dissipated shortly afterwards.
Maysak affected Yap and Chuuk in the Federated States of Micronesia, as well as the Philippines. The storm was responsible for four deaths in the Federated States of Micronesia alongside 10 injuries. Damage was estimated at $8.5 million (2015 USD). Estimates from the Red Cross suggested that there were 5,000 people in desperate need of food, water and shelter, and needed emergency assistance. Pacific Mission Aviation administrator Melinda Espinosa said "Most concrete structures withstood the fury but everything else was damaged."[3] Later, the storm struck the Philippines, causing minimal damage.
- ^ List of Western North Pacific Typhoons by minimum pressure existing in January, February, and March. Japan Meteorological Agency (Report). National Institute of Informatics. 2015. Retrieved April 7, 2015.
- ^ "Pacific Super Typhoon Maysak among strongest on record so early in the season". Washington Post. Retrieved 31 March 2015.
- ^ "Cyclone Maysak: Red Cross makes urgent appeal for help as death toll rises to nine". Australian Broadcasting Corporation. Agence France-Presse (AFP), APTN, Reuters, AAP, CNN and the BBC World Service. Retrieved 2 April 2015.