Typhoon Rai

Western Pacific super typhoon in 2021

Typhoon Rai, known in the Philippines as Typhoon Odette, was a tropical cyclone over the South China Sea which recently passed through the Philippines. It also traveled to Vietnam.

Typhoon Rai (Odette)
Typhoon (JMA scale)
Category 5 super typhoon (SSHWS)
Typhoon Rai at its first peak intensity while approaching the Philippines on December 16
FormedDecember 12, 2021
DissipatedDecember 22, 2021
Highest winds10-minute sustained: 195 km/h (120 mph)
1-minute sustained: 260 km/h (160 mph)
Lowest pressure915 hPa (mbar); 27.02 inHg
Fatalities410 total, 80 missing
Damage> $794.72 million (2021 USD)
(Third-costliest in Philippine history)
Areas affected
Part of the 2021 Pacific typhoon season

Rai caused severe and widespread damage throughout the Southern Philippines, killing at least 376. [1]

References change

  1. "Sobe para 208 o número de mortos pelo tufão Rai nas Filipinas". Estado de Minas (in Brazilian Portuguese). 19 December 2021. Retrieved 20 December 2021.