Tropical Storm Soudelor (2009)

Tropical Storm Soudelor (Gorio)

Tropical Storm Soudelor at peak intensity on July 11
Meteorological history
Formed	July 9, 2009
Dissipated	July 13, 2009
Tropical storm
10-minute sustained (JMA)
Highest winds	65 km/h (40 mph)
Lowest pressure	992 hPa (mbar); 29.29 inHg
Tropical storm
1-minute sustained (SSHWS/JTWC)
Highest winds	65 km/h (40 mph)
Lowest pressure	996 hPa (mbar); 29.41 inHg
Overall effects
Fatalities	17 direct, 2 indirect
Damage	$9 million (2009 USD)
Areas affected	Philippines, China, Vietnam
IBTrACS
Part of the 2009 Pacific typhoon season

Tropical Storm Soudelor, known in the Philippines as Tropical Depression Gorio, was a weak tropical cyclone that lead to deadly flooding in the Philippines, China and Vietnam in July 2009. Forming out of an area of low pressure on July 9, Soudelor failed to maintain deep convection around its center for the duration of its existence. On July 10, the depression brushed the northern Philippines and intensified into a tropical storm on July 11. Later that day, the storm crossed the Leizhou Peninsula. The last public advisory from the JMA was issued the following day after Soudelor made landfall in southern China.

In the Philippines, Soudelor produced severe flooding that killed one person and resulted in the issuance of a state of calamity. The storm later killed 15 people in southern China after a group of hikers were washed away in a flash flood on Hainan Island. In Vietnam, rainfall up to 250 mm (9.8 in) caused widespread flooding, and lightning triggered by the storm killed two people in the country.