User:Nathan Johnson/Typhoon Mawar

Typhoon Mawar formed as a tropical depression on the evening of August 19 at 1200 UTC (2100 JST) 245 nautical miles (455 kilometers) southeast of Iwo Jima. Mawar is a Malay word for a rose. The storm intensified rapidly in two days to a Category 4 Super Typhoon but weakened as it approached Japan. Mawar made landfall on Honshū as a Category 2 Typhoon on August 25 at 1800 UTC (August 26 0300 JST) with winds of 95 mph (152 km/h). After moving inland to the northwest it was downgraded to a Category 1 before entering the Pacific Ocean. It was downgraded to a Tropical Storm on August 26 and became extratropical on August 27. At least two people were killed by Mawar.


 * University of Hawaii's tracking chart of Super Typhoon Mawar.