Typhoon Sanba (2012)
| Typhoon (JMA scale) | |
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| Category 5 (Saffir–Simpson scale) | |
Typhoon Sanba rapidly intensifying on September 13, 2012
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| Formed | September 10, 2012 |
| Dissipated | September 19, 2012 |
| (Extratropical after September 18, 2012) | |
| Highest winds |
10-minute sustained: 205 km/h (125 mph) 1-minute sustained: 285 km/h (180 mph) |
| Lowest pressure | 900 hPa (mbar); 26.58 inHg |
| Fatalities | 6 total |
| Damage | $378.8 million (2012 USD) |
| Areas affected | Palau, Japan, South Korea, North Korea, China, Russia |
| Part of the 2012 Pacific typhoon season | |
Typhoon Sanba, known in the Philippines as Typhoon Karen, was the strongest tropical cyclone worldwide in 2012. The sixteenth named storm and tenth typhoon of the annual typhoon season, Sanba formed as a tropical depression east of The Philippines on September 10. The storm gradually intensified as it moved generally northward in an area favorable for tropical development. The system was soon upgraded to a tropical storm less than a day after formation and subsequently further to a typhoon on September 12. Later that day, Sanba entered a phase of explosive intensification, quickly strengthening and gaining annular characteristics. On September 13, the system attained its peak intensity with maximum sustained winds of 125 mph (205 km/h), and a barometric pressure of 900 mbar (hPa; 26.58 inHg), becoming the strongest typhoon in the Western Pacific Ocean since Megi in 2010. Accelerating towards more northerly latitudes, a period of gradual weakening ensued afterwards as its eye expanded. It made landfall on South Korea late on September 17 as a typhoon before transitioning into an extratropical cyclone the following day. Sanba's remnants tracked into the Primorsky Krai region of eastern Russia before they were last noted on September 19.
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