Typhoon Soulik (2018)
Soulik at peak intensity on August 21 | |
| Meteorological history | |
|---|---|
| Formed | August 15, 2018 |
| Extratropical | August 24, 2018 |
| Dissipated | September 1, 2018 |
| Very strong typhoon | |
| 10-minute sustained (JMA) | |
| Highest winds | 155 km/h (100 mph) |
| Lowest pressure | 950 hPa (mbar); 28.05 inHg |
| Category 3-equivalent typhoon | |
| 1-minute sustained (SSHWS/JTWC) | |
| Highest winds | 195 km/h (120 mph) |
| Lowest pressure | 942 hPa (mbar); 27.82 inHg |
| Overall effects | |
| Fatalities | 86 direct |
| Damage | $125 million (2018 USD) |
| Areas affected | Caroline Islands, Mariana Islands, Northeast China, Japan, Korean Peninsula, Russian Far East, Alaska |
| IBTrACS | |
Part of the 2018 Pacific typhoon season | |
Typhoon Soulik was an unusually large, and the deadliest typhoon to strike the Korean Peninsula as a tropical system since Khanun in 2012. Soulik formed from an area of low pressure on August 15, and was the twenty-ninth tropical depression, twentieth tropical storm, tenth severe tropical storm, and sixth typhoon of the 2018 Pacific typhoon season.