Typhoon Shanshan (2006)
| Typhoon (JMA scale) | |
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| Category 4 (Saffir–Simpson scale) | |
Typhoon Shanshan at peak intensity over Iriomote Island on September 15
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| Formed | September 9, 2006 |
| Dissipated | September 20, 2006 |
| (Extratropical after September 18, 2006) | |
| Highest winds |
10-minute sustained: 205 km/h (125 mph) 1-minute sustained: 220 km/h (140 mph) |
| Lowest pressure | 919 hPa (mbar); 27.14 inHg |
| Fatalities | At least 11 |
| Damage | $2.5 billion (2006 USD) |
| Areas affected | South Korea, Japan, Taiwan |
| Part of the 2006 Pacific typhoon season | |
Typhoon Shanshan, known in the Philippines as Typhoon Luis, was a strong typhoon that affected parts of East Asia in late September 2006. The 13th named storm of the 2006 Pacific typhoon season, Typhoon Shanshan was also the seventh typhoon of the year operationally recognised by the Japan Meteorological Agency. In post-operational analysis Shanshan became the eighth typhoon of the year when Typhoon Maria was added to the list. The Joint Typhoon Warning Center considered Shanshan the 13th tropical storm and eighth typhoon of the season, a Category 4-equivalent typhoon in terms of 1-minute average wind speed. The name Shanshan was submitted to the naming list by Hong Kong and is a girls' given name.
Shanshan wreaked havoc in Japan, with reports that it caused a tornado which derailed a train. It made landfall first in the Yaeyama Islands, where it caused heavy rains, and later in Kyūshū. The outer bands of Shanshan also affected South Korea. Shanshan also knocked power out to thousands of homes in the two countries, and killed at least eleven people. Damage amounted to $2.5 billion (2006 USD), making Shanshan the sixth costliest disaster worldwide in 2006.
On September 9, 2006, the Japan Meteorological Agency identified a tropical depression with 25-knot 10-minute average sustained winds about 500 kilometres (300 mi) north-northeast of Yap, near latitude 14.0°N longitude 139.0°E. Later that day, the Hong Kong Observatory (HKO) picked up on the tropical depression and started issuing track forecasts for the system.
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