Tropical Storm Danas (2019)

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On July 11, a low-pressure zone formed near the Mariana Islands, and the United States Naval Research Laboratory began tracking the system. On the morning of July 14, the Japan Meteorological Agency (JMA) upgraded it to a tropical depression. At this point the system moved westward.{{Citation needed|date=August 2021}} At 8 pm, the Joint Typhoon Warning Center gave the system a low chance for tropical cyclogenesis. On the morning of July 15, the JMA issued a gale warning, and the Central Weather Bureau (CWB) of Taiwan upgraded it to a tropical depression. On the same day, the Hong Kong Observatory upgraded the storm to a tropical depression.{{Citation needed|date=August 2021}}

At 6:30 am on July 16, the Joint Typhoon Warning Center upgraded the rating to "High" and issued a tropical cyclone warning. The Joint Typhoon Warning Center raised the system to a tropical depression at 2:40 pm, giving the number 06W.{{Citation needed|date=August 2021}} At 3 pm on the same day, the Japan Meteorological Agency upgraded it to a tropical storm, naming it Danas, followed by the China Meteorological Center, the CWB, and PAGASA also upgraded it to a tropical storm. The Joint Typhoon Warning Center was upgraded to a tropical storm late that night.{{Citation needed|date=August 2021}}

On July 19, the JMA reported that Danas had reached its peak wind speeds with maximum 10-minute sustained winds of 85 km/h (50 mph). Later that day, Danas began to weaken. On July 20, around 13:00 UTC, Danas made landfall in South Korea as a minimal tropical storm, before weakening into a tropical depression soon afterward.{{Citation needed|date=August 2021}} The weakening trend also accelerated on July 20 due to the drop in sea surface temperatures to {{convert|23|C}} near landfall. The Republic of Korea Meteorological Administration downgraded Danas to a tropical depression at 11 am and stopped issuing announcements.{{cite news|author=강찬수|url=https://news.joins.com/article/23530825|title=태풍 다나스, 육지 못 밟았다···전남 신안 섬지역서 소멸|publisher=中央日報|date=2019-07-20|access-date=2019-07-20|language=ko}} At 12:45 UTC on July 21, Danas transitioned into an extratropical low in the Sea of Japan, and the JMA issued their final advisory on the storm.{{Citation needed|date=August 2021}}

In the Philippines, four people were killed after Danas triggered flooding in the country.{{cite news|date=July 19, 2019|title='Falcon' leaves 4 dead|publisher=Philippine Daily Inquirer|url=https://newsinfo.inquirer.net/1143515/falcon-leaves-4-dead|access-date=July 20, 2019}} Agricultural damage in Negros Occidental were calculated at ₱19 million (US$372,000),{{cite news|last=Nicavera|first=Erwin P.|date=August 5, 2019|title=Rains, flooding slash almost ₱19M in Negros Occidental agriculture|publisher=Sun Star|url=https://www.sunstar.com.ph/article/1817445|access-date=August 6, 2019}} while agricultural damage in Lanao Norte reached ₱277.8 million (US$5.44 million).{{cite news|last=Jerusalem|first=Jigger|date=August 1, 2019|title='Falcon' destroys P277-M in Lanao Norte|work=Philippine News Agency|url=https://www.pna.gov.ph/articles/1076692|access-date=August 2, 2019}}

Danas caused stormy weather across South Korea; however, its effects were relatively minor. Heavy rains amounted to {{convert|329.5|mm|in|abbr=on}} in Geomun-do.{{cite news|date=July 20, 2019|title=태풍 다나스 열대저압부로 소멸…광주·전남 태풍경보 해제|language=ko|publisher=Yonhap News Agency|url=https://www.yna.co.kr/view/AKR20190720032500054|access-date=August 6, 2019}} A man died after being swept away by strong waves in Geochang County.{{cite news|last=Kim|first=Arin|date=July 21, 2019|title=One found dead as typhoon alert lifted|publisher=The Korea Herald|url=http://www.koreaherald.com/view.php?ud=20190721000202|access-date=July 24, 2019}} Damage in South Jeolla Province were at W395 million (US$336,000),{{cite news|author=양창희|date=August 5, 2019|title=태풍 '다나스' 시설물 피해액, 3억 9천여만 원|language=ko|publisher=KBS News|url=http://news.kbs.co.kr/news/view.do?ncd=4256765|access-date=August 6, 2019}} while damage in Jeju Island up to W322 million (US$274,000).{{cite news|author=김승범|date=August 13, 2019|title=제5호 태풍 '다나스' 피해복구액 31억원 잠정 집계|language=ko|publisher=Jeju News|url=http://www.jejunews.com/news/articleView.html?idxno=2144025|access-date=August 16, 2019}} Additionally, Danas also triggered flash flooding in Kyushu. An 11-year-old boy was killed.{{cite news|date=July 21, 2019|title=1 dead, 57,000 people ordered to evacuate from rain in Kyushu|publisher=The Asahi Shimbun|url=http://www.asahi.com/ajw/articles/AJ201907210031.html|access-date=July 24, 2019}}

Danas brought heavy rainfall to many western parts of Japan including nearly all of Kyushu. In addition, the amount of rain that fell in the last 24 hours exceeded 350 mm in various places in Goto, and reaches the rainfall for July 1 month in normal years, and it has become the largest since July.{{cite web|title=Action to protect heavy rain special warning life in Goto, Nagasaki Prefecture|url=https://www3.nhk.or.jp/news/html/20190720/k10011999861000.html|language=ja|access-date=2019-07-21|archive-date=2019-07-20|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190720025529/https://www3.nhk.or.jp/news/html/20190720/k10011999861000.html|url-status=dead}}

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