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Typhoon (JMA)
Category 2 typhoon (SSHWS)
 
DurationSeptember 25 – October 3
Peak intensity140 km/h (85 mph) (10-min);
965 hPa (mbar)

Typhoon Mitag, known in the Philippines as Typhoon Onyok, was the 18th named tropical storm, and seventh typhoon of the 2019 Pacific typhoon season. Originating from a low pressure system, Mitag rapidly intensified into a typhoon, and just shy of major typhoon intensity.

History

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A new low pressure system formed in the outer parts of the Western Pacific near the Micronesia Islands near-mid September. The system gradually organized and the Japan Meteorological Agency upgraded it to a tropical depression on September 25. The Joint Typhoon Warning Center then issued a Tropical Cyclone Formation Alert on it. The JTWC later upgraded the system to a tropical depression and designated it 19W.[citation needed] The PAGASA named the system "Onyok" as it entered the Philippine Area of Responsibility,[1] and the Joint Typhoon Warning Center upgraded it to Tropical Storm Onyok. On September 28, the Japan Meteorological Agency upgraded Onyok to a tropical storm, and named it Mitag. Mitag began to organize itself, clearly forming a visible circulation while it was east of Luzon. Later that day the JMA upgraded Mitag to a severe tropical storm. Mitag further strengthened into a typhoon by September 29.[citation needed]

Mitag then further intensified, becoming a Category 2 typhoon by evening on September 30, with a small eye developed, before weakening rapidly on October 1. It made landfall on South Korea on the next day as a Category 1 typhoon (still tropical) and further weakened into a tropical storm.[citation needed] On October 3rd it was reported that, so far, Mitag had claimed the lives of 10 people in the country.

References

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  1. ^ "Tropical Depression Onyok" (PDF). PAGASA. September 29, 2019.
  2. ^ 김광태 (2019-10-03). "(8th LD) 10 killed, 4 others missing as Typhoon Mitag hits S. Korea". Yonhap News Agency. Retrieved 2019-10-03.