Typhoon Kammuri
Pacific typhoon in 2019
Typhoon Kammuri (Japanese: かんむり; Rōmaji: kanmuri[a]), known in the Philippines as Typhoon Tisoy, was a powerful tropical cyclone. It made landfall in the Bicol Region of the Philippines. Kammuri developed into a low pressure system on November 23, 2019. By November 25, it was a tropical depression and it started to develop rainbands. As it developed into a Category 1-equivalent storm, Kammuri started heading towards the Philippines. Before landfall, Kammuri underwent rapid intensification and became a Category 4-equivalent. It made landfall on the Philippines near midnight on December 2, 2019.
Typhoon (JMA scale) | |
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Category 4 typhoon (SSHWS) | |
Formed | November 23, 2019 |
Dissipated | December 7, 2019 |
Highest winds | 10-minute sustained: 165 km/h (105 mph) 1-minute sustained: 215 km/h (130 mph) |
Lowest pressure | 955 hPa (mbar); 28.2 inHg |
Fatalities | 12 deaths |
Damage | $116 million (2019 USD) |
Areas affected | Guam, Philippines |
Part of the 2019 Pacific typhoon season |
Notes
change- ↑ Although romanized as kanmuri, it is pronounced as [kã̠mːɯ̟ᵝɾʲi], like KAHM-mə-ree with a sustained sound. This justifies the typhoon name's spelling as Kammuri.