Typhoon Utor
| Typhoon (JMA scale) | |
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| Category 4 (Saffir–Simpson scale) | |
Typhoon Utor near peak intensity on August 11, 2013
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| Formed | August 8, 2013 |
| Dissipated | August 18, 2013 |
| Highest winds |
10-minute sustained: 195 km/h (120 mph) 1-minute sustained: 240 km/h (150 mph) |
| Lowest pressure | 925 hPa (mbar); 27.32 inHg |
| Fatalities | 97 total |
| Damage | $2.6 billion (2013 USD) |
| Areas affected | |
| Part of the 2013 Pacific typhoon season | |
Typhoon Utor, known in the Philippines as Typhoon Labuyo, was the 15th depression and the 2nd typhoon in the 2013 typhoon season.
It was a powerful tropical cyclone which struck the Philippines and southern China. Developing into a tropical storm on August 9, Utor soon underwent explosive intensification and became a typhoon within a half of day. After making landfall over Luzon late on August 11, the typhoon re-emerged in the South China Sea, and it ultimately made its second landfall over Guangdong, China on August 14.
Early on August 8, the Joint Typhoon Warning Center (JTWC) reported that a tropical disturbance had developed north of Yap. During that day, the system moved westwards and consolidated within a favourable environment of weak vertical wind shear and strong outflow, which was enhanced by a TUTT Cell located to the northwest of the disturbance. As a result, the Japan Meteorological Agency (JMA), JTWC and PAGASA upgraded the system to a tropical depression 11W north of Palau, with the latter naming it Labuyo as it approached the Philippine Area of Responsibility. During the next day, JTWC and JMA upgraded the system to a tropical storm, with the latter naming it as Utor (1311). Shortly thereafter, Utor began undergoing explosive intensification, achieving typhoon status early on August 10, as an eye developed.
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