Typhoon Soulik (2018)

Typhoon Soulik
Soulik at peak intensity on August 21
Meteorological history
FormedAugust 15, 2018
ExtratropicalAugust 24, 2018
DissipatedSeptember 1, 2018
Very strong typhoon
10-minute sustained (JMA)
Highest winds155 km/h (100 mph)
Lowest pressure950 hPa (mbar); 28.05 inHg
Category 3-equivalent typhoon
1-minute sustained (SSHWS/JTWC)
Highest winds195 km/h (120 mph)
Lowest pressure942 hPa (mbar); 27.82 inHg
Overall effects
Fatalities86 direct
Damage$125 million (2018 USD)
Areas affectedCaroline 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.