Meteorological history | |
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Formed | August 15, 2018 |
Extratropical | August 24, 2018 |
Dissipated | September 1, 2018 |
Very strong typhoon | |
10-minute sustained (JMA) | |
Highest winds | 155 km/h (100 mph) |
Lowest pressure | 950 hPa (mbar); 28.05 inHg |
Category 3-equivalent typhoon | |
1-minute sustained (SSHWS/JTWC) | |
Highest winds | 205 km/h (125 mph) |
Lowest pressure | 943 hPa (mbar); 27.85 inHg |
Overall effects | |
Fatalities | 86 direct |
Damage | $125 million (2018 USD) |
Areas affected | Caroline Islands, Mariana Islands, Northeast China, Japan, Korean Peninsula, Russian Far East, Alaska |
IBTrACS | |
Part of the 2018 Pacific typhoon season |
Typhoon Soulik was an unusually large, and the deadliest typhoon to strike the Korean Peninsula as a tropical system since Khanun in 2012.[a] Soulik formed from an area of low pressure on August 15, and was the twenty-ninth tropical depression, twentieth tropical storm, tenth severe tropical storm, and sixth typhoon of the 2018 Pacific typhoon season.
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