Typhoon Chaba (2016)

Typhoon Chaba (Igme)

Typhoon Chaba at peak intensity near Okinawa on October 3
Meteorological history
Formed	September 24, 2016
Dissipated	October 7, 2016
Violent typhoon
10-minute sustained (JMA)
Highest winds	215 km/h (130 mph)
Lowest pressure	905 hPa (mbar); 26.72 inHg
Category 5-equivalent super typhoon
1-minute sustained (SSHWS/JTWC)
Highest winds	280 km/h (175 mph)
Lowest pressure	911 hPa (mbar); 26.90 inHg
Overall effects
Fatalities	10 total
Damage	$129 million
Areas affected	Mariana Islands, South Korea, Japan, Russian Far East
IBTrACS
Part of the 2016 Pacific typhoon season

Typhoon Chaba, known in the Philippines as Super Typhoon Igme, was the fourth most intense tropical cyclone in 2016 and the strongest tropical cyclone to make landfall in South Korea since Sanba in 2012. Chaba also caused 7 deaths in the country.^[1] Typhoon Chaba was the eighteenth named storm and the eighth typhoon of the 2016 Pacific typhoon season. Chaba originated as a depression around the east-northeast of Guam. Being in a marginally favorable environment, JMA proceeds to name the system as Chaba. On September 28, JTWC gave its identifier as Tropical Depression 21W. Its LLCC starts to improve, prompting the JTWC to upgrade into a tropical storm. Chaba entered the Philippine Area of Responsibility, receiving the name Igme as it moved northwestwards. Chaba became more symmetrical which later ensued its rapid intensification.

Chaba later reached the peak intensity of 1-minute sustained winds of 280 km/h (175 mph) and a central pressure of 911 hPa (26.90 inHg), equivalent to a Category-5 super typhoon. Shortly after this, Chaba began to weaken into a Category-4 typhoon as it moved over the Yellow Sea on October 4. At 10:00 a.m. KST (01:00 UTC), Chaba made landfall in Busan as a weakening Category-1 typhoon. Shortly after landfall, it transitioned into an extratropical cyclone which prompted the JMA to issue its final advisory.