Typhoon Goni
Typhoon Goni, known in the Philippines as Super Typhoon Rolly, is a strong tropical cyclone that made landfall as an extremely powerful Category 5–super typhoon on Catanduanes Island in the Philippines and became the strongest landfalling tropical cyclone on record.
| Typhoon (JMA scale) | |
|---|---|
| Category 5 super typhoon (SSHWS) | |
 Typhoon Goni (Rolly) batters the Bicol region on October 31, 2020 | |
| Formed | October 26, 2020 |
| Dissipated | November 6, 2020 |
| Highest winds | 10-minute sustained: 220 km/h (140 mph) 1-minute sustained: 315 km/h (195 mph) |
| Lowest pressure | 905 hPa (mbar); 26.72 inHg |
| Fatalities | 32 deaths |
| Damage | Atleast 415 |
| Areas affected | Philippines, Vietnam, Cambodia |
| Part of the 2020 Pacific typhoon season | |
The 19th named storm, ninth typhoon, and second super typhoon of the 2020 Pacific typhoon season, Goni started as a tropical depression southwest of Guam on October 26. It was then named as Tropical Storm Goni on October 27.
Goni maintained Category 5 strength for over a day, before making landfall on Catanduanes as an extremely powerful typhoon, with 10-minute sustained winds of 220 km/h (140 mph),[1] 1-minute sustained winds of 315 km/h (195 mph), and a minimum central pressure of 905 hPa (mbar; 26.72 inHg).
It is the strongest tropical cyclone observed worldwide thus far in 2020 and one of the most intense tropical cyclones on record.[2]
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References
change- ↑ "Typhoon 202019 (GONI) – Detailed Wind Information (Japan Meteorological Agency Best Track Data)". Digital Typhoon. National Institute of Informatics. Archived from the original on November 1, 2020.
- ↑ Samenow, Jason. "Super Typhoon Goni explodes into 2020s strongest storm on Earth, moves toward Philippines". The Washington Post. Retrieved October 31, 2020.
