Typhoon Fung-wong (2008)

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On July 20, 2008, a tropical disturbance formed to the south-east of Okinawa, Japan. Later that day the Joint Typhoon Warning Center, started to issue tropical weather outlooks on the disturbance.{{cite web|url=ftp://ftp.met.fsu.edu/pub/weather/tropical/GuamStuff/2008072020-ABPW.PGTW|title=ABPW10 20-07-08 20z|publisher=Joint Typhoon Warning Center|accessdate=2008-11-06}}{{Dead link|date=April 2020 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }} At this time the JTWC assessed its chances of forming into a significant tropical cyclone within 24 hours as "Poor". Over the next few days as the disturbance slowly moved south west the JTWC kept assessing the disturbance chances of forming into a significant tropical cyclone as poor due to the disturbance's transition from a cold core to a warm core.{{cite web|url=ftp://ftp.met.fsu.edu/pub/weather/tropical/GuamStuff/2008072106-ABPW.PGTW|title=ABPW10 21-07-08 06z|publisher=Joint Typhoon Warning Center|accessdate=2008-11-06}}{{cite web|url=ftp://ftp.met.fsu.edu/pub/weather/tropical/GuamStuff/2008072206-ABPW.PGTW|title=ABPW10 22-07-08 06z|publisher=Joint Typhoon Warning Center|accessdate=2008-11-06}}{{cite web|url=ftp://ftp.met.fsu.edu/pub/weather/tropical/GuamStuff/2008072306-ABPW.PGTW|title=ABPW10 23-07-08 06z|publisher=Joint Typhoon Warning Center|accessdate=2008-11-06}} Late on July 23 the JTWC upgraded the disturbances chances of becoming a significant tropical cyclone to fair.{{cite web|url=ftp://ftp.met.fsu.edu/pub/weather/tropical/GuamStuff/2008072323-ABPW.PGTW|title=ABPW10 23-07-08 23z|publisher=Joint Typhoon Warning Center|accessdate=2008-11-06}}{{Dead link|date=April 2020 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }} This came after the Japan Meteorological Agency had designated the disturbance as a minor tropical depression.{{cite web|url=ftp://ftp.met.fsu.edu/pub/weather/tropical/Tokyo/2008072318.RJTD|title=JMA WWJP25 Warning 23-07-08 18z|publisher=Japan Meteorological Agency|accessdate=2008-11-06}}

Early the next day the Philippine Atmospheric, Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration (PAGASA) designated the disturbance as a tropical depression and assigned the local name of Igme to the depression.{{cite web |url=http://www.geocities.com/dynasmon/PAGASA.html |title=PAGASA Warning 24-07-08 03z |publisher=Philippine Atmospheric, Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration |accessdate=2008-11-06 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://archive.today/20080507214145/http://www.geocities.com/dynasmon/PAGASA.html |archivedate=2008-05-07 }} Later that morning the JTWC issued a Tropical Cyclone Formation Alert as they upgraded the disturbance's chances of becoming a significant tropical cyclone to "Good".{{cite web|url=ftp://ftp.met.fsu.edu/pub/weather/tropical/GuamStuff/2008072406-WTPN.PGTW|title=TCFA 24-07-08 06z|publisher=Joint Typhoon Warning Center|accessdate=2008-11-06}}{{Dead link|date=April 2020 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }} At the same time the JMA designated the depression as a full tropical depression.{{cite web|url=http://weather.noaa.gov/pub/data/raw/wt/wtpq20.rjtd..txt|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080828015741/http://weather.noaa.gov/pub/data/raw/wt/wtpq20.rjtd..txt|url-status=dead|archive-date=2008-08-28|title=JMA Advisory 24-07-08 06z|publisher=Japan Meteorological Agency|accessdate=2008-11-06}} Later that day the JTWC upgraded the disturbance to a tropical depression and designated it as 09W.{{cite web|url=ftp://ftp.met.fsu.edu/pub/weather/tropical/GuamStuff/2008072415-WTPN.PGTW|title=JTWC Warning 24-07-08 15z|publisher=Joint Typhoon Warning Center|accessdate=2008-11-06}}{{Dead link|date=April 2020 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }} During the morning of July 25 both the JTWC and the JMA upgraded the depression to a tropical storm, with the JMA assigning the name Fung-wong to the storm.{{cite web|url=ftp://ftp.met.fsu.edu/pub/weather/tropical/GuamStuff/2008072503-WTPN.PGTW|title=JTWC Warning 25-07-08 03z|publisher=Joint Typhoon Warning Center|accessdate=2008-11-06}}{{Dead link|date=April 2020 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}{{cite web|url=http://weather.noaa.gov/pub/data/raw/wt/wtpq20.rjtd..txt|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080828015741/http://weather.noaa.gov/pub/data/raw/wt/wtpq20.rjtd..txt|url-status=dead|archive-date=2008-08-28|title=JMA Advisory 25-07-08 06z|publisher=Japan Meteorological Agency|accessdate=2008-11-06}} During that day Fung-wong intensified slowly with the JMA reporting early the next day that Fungwong had become a severe tropical storm.{{cite web|url=http://weather.noaa.gov/pub/data/raw/wt/wtpq20.rjtd..txt|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080828015741/http://weather.noaa.gov/pub/data/raw/wt/wtpq20.rjtd..txt|url-status=dead|archive-date=2008-08-28|title=JMA Advisory 26-07-08 00z|publisher=Japan Meteorological Agency|accessdate=2008-11-06}} Later on July 26 the JTWC upgraded Fungwong to typhoon status, whilst the JMA were reporting that Fung-wong was still a severe tropical storm.{{cite web|url=ftp://ftp.met.fsu.edu/pub/weather/tropical/GuamStuff/2008072615-WTPN.PGTW|title=JTWC Warning 26-07-08 15z|publisher=Joint Typhoon Warning Center|accessdate=2008-11-06}}{{Dead link|date=April 2020 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}{{cite web|url=http://weather.noaa.gov/pub/data/raw/wt/wtpq20.rjtd..txt|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080828015741/http://weather.noaa.gov/pub/data/raw/wt/wtpq20.rjtd..txt|url-status=dead|archive-date=2008-08-28|title=JMA Advisory 26-07-08 15z|publisher=Japan Meteorological Agency|accessdate=2008-11-06}} The next morning the JMA upgraded Fung-wong to typhoon status, and then later that day reported that Fung-wong had reached its 10-minute peak wind speeds of {{convert|75|kn|km/h}}, (85 mph, 140 km/h).{{cite web|url=http://weather.noaa.gov/pub/data/raw/wt/wtpq20.rjtd..txt|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080828015741/http://weather.noaa.gov/pub/data/raw/wt/wtpq20.rjtd..txt|url-status=dead|archive-date=2008-08-28|title=JMA Advisory 27-07-08 00z|publisher=Japan Meteorological Agency|accessdate=2008-11-06}}{{cite web|url=http://weather.noaa.gov/pub/data/raw/wt/wtpq20.rjtd..txt|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080828015741/http://weather.noaa.gov/pub/data/raw/wt/wtpq20.rjtd..txt|url-status=dead|archive-date=2008-08-28|title=JMA Advisory 27-07-08 12z|publisher=Japan Meteorological Agency|accessdate=2008-11-06}} Fung-wong also reached its 1-minute sustained peak wind speeds of {{convert|95|kn|km/h}}, (110 mph, 175 km/h) which made Fung-wong a category two typhoon as it moved towards Taiwan.{{cite web|url=ftp://ftp.met.fsu.edu/pub/weather/tropical/GuamStuff/2008072721-WTPN.PGTW|title=JTWC Warning 27-07-08 21z|publisher=Joint Typhoon Warning Center|accessdate=2008-11-06}}{{Dead link|date=April 2020 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}

Late on July 27 Fungwong made landfall on Taiwan near the border of Hualien County and Taitung County.{{cite web|url=ftp://ftp.met.fsu.edu/pub/weather/tropical/GuamStuff/2008072803-WDPN.PGTW|title=Prognastic Reasoning for Typhoon 09W 28-07-08 03z|publisher=Joint Typhoon Warning Center|accessdate=2008-11-06}}{{Dead link|date=April 2020 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }} Early the next day, as Fungwong moved towards the west through Taiwan, the JMA downgraded Fungwong to a severe tropical storm as it moved through Changhua County towards the Taiwan Strait.{{cite web|url=http://weather.noaa.gov/pub/data/raw/wt/wtpq20.rjtd..txt|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080828015741/http://weather.noaa.gov/pub/data/raw/wt/wtpq20.rjtd..txt|url-status=dead|archive-date=2008-08-28|title=JMA Advisory 28-07-08 06z|publisher=Japan Meteorological Agency|accessdate=2008-11-06}} Fung-wong then moved into the Taiwan Strait later that morning, before being downgraded that afternoon to a Tropical Storm by the JTWC.{{cite web|url=ftp://ftp.met.fsu.edu/pub/weather/tropical/GuamStuff/2008072915-WDPN.PGTW|title=Prognastic Reasoning for Typhoon 09W 28-07-08 15z|publisher=Joint Typhoon Warning Center|accessdate=2008-11-06}}{{Dead link|date=April 2020 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }} Fungwong then made its second landfall, this time on south-east China. Later that day the JTWC issued its final advisory on Fung-wong, as the JTWC expected Fung-wong to dissipate over land during the next 12 hours.{{cite web|url=ftp://ftp.met.fsu.edu/pub/weather/tropical/GuamStuff/2008072821-WTPN.PGTW|title=JTWC Warning 28-07-08 21z|publisher=Joint Typhoon Warning Center|accessdate=2008-11-06}}{{Dead link|date=April 2020 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }} However the JMA continued to issue advisories on Fung-wong as it moved across China downgrading it to a Tropical Storm early on July 29.{{cite web|url=http://weather.noaa.gov/pub/data/raw/wt/wtpq20.rjtd..txt|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080828015741/http://weather.noaa.gov/pub/data/raw/wt/wtpq20.rjtd..txt|url-status=dead|archive-date=2008-08-28|title=JMA Advisory 29-07-08 00z|publisher=Japan Meteorological Agency|accessdate=2008-11-06}} The JMA then kept issuing advisories on Fung-wong until early that afternoon when they downgraded Fung-wong to a tropical depression and issued their final advisory.{{cite web|url=http://weather.noaa.gov/pub/data/raw/wt/wtpq20.rjtd..txt|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080828015741/http://weather.noaa.gov/pub/data/raw/wt/wtpq20.rjtd..txt|url-status=dead|archive-date=2008-08-28|title=JMA Advisory 29-07-08 12z|publisher=Japan Meteorological Agency|accessdate=2008-11-06}} However the JMA kept issuing warnings on the depression until it dissipated the next day.{{cite web|url=ftp://ftp.met.fsu.edu/pub/weather/tropical/Tokyo/2008072918.RJTD|title=JMA WWJP25 Warning 29-07-08 18z|publisher=Japan Meteorological Agency|accessdate=2008-11-06}}{{cite web|url=ftp://ftp.met.fsu.edu/pub/weather/tropical/Tokyo/2008073018.RJTD|title=JMA Advisory 30-07-08 18z|publisher=Japan Meteorological Agency|accessdate=2008-11-06}}{{cite web |url=http://weather.noaa.gov/pub/data/raw/ax/axpq20.rjtd..txt |title=JMA Best Track:Fung-wong |publisher=Japan Meteorological Agency |accessdate=2008-11-06 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20141219145509/http://weather.noaa.gov/pub/data/raw/ax/axpq20.rjtd..txt |archivedate=2014-12-19 }}

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On July 27, Taiwan's Central Weather Bureau issued land and sea advisories for the entire main island of Taiwan. In advance of the storm's arrival in Taiwan, both Hualien County and Taitung County in eastern Taiwan called off work and classes both for the evening of July 27 as well as all day on July 28. All local governments in Taiwan proper, as well as the island county of Penghu in the Taiwan Strait have called off work and school for the 28th. Several airlines have cancelled all domestic flights for the 28th as has some international flights from Taoyuan, Kaohsiung, and Taichung.{{cite news|author=New York Times |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2008/07/28/world/asia/28taiwan.html |title=Taiwan Typhoon Grounds Flights|date=2008-07-28|accessdate = 2008-07-28 |work=The New York Times}} The Taiwan Railways Administration cancelled all trains running the eastern Taiwan line for the evening of the 27th and all trains nationwide where shut down until 17:00 local time (0900 UTC) on the 28th. High Speed Rail trains resumed service at 18:00.{{cite web|url=http://www.atp.nl/page.php?id=7270|author=Taiwan Railways Administration|publisher=Advanced Travel Partner|date=July 29, 2008|accessdate=January 13, 2009|title=ATP Alert-29jul08-Typhoon Fung-Wong makes landfall in Taiwan|archive-date=July 19, 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110719030738/http://www.atp.nl/page.php?id=7270|url-status=dead}}

Officials in Fujian Province sent out over 20 million text messages to the public, alerting them of the approaching typhoon.{{cite web|url=http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2008-07/28/content_8786376.htm|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121023095913/http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2008-07/28/content_8786376.htm|url-status=dead|archive-date=October 23, 2012|author=An Lu|publisher=Xinhua News|date=July 28, 2008 |accessdate=January 13, 2009|title=Typhoon Fung Wong gains strength as it heads to east China coast}} A total of 751,600 people were evacuated from coastal areas in Fujian, Zhejiang and Guangdong provinces.{{cite web |url=http://www.lifeofguangzhou.com/node_10/node_37/node_82/2008/07/31/121746723745739.shtml |author=Jessie Hwang|publisher=Xinhua News |date=July 30, 2008|accessdate=January 13, 2009|title=Typhoon Fung Wong Causes Evacuations of 750,000 in SE China}}

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{{Citation needed span|Early on during July 27 outer feeder bands of the storm started to strike the eastern part of the country. The storm made its first landfall at around 06:50 local time on July 28 (around 2250 UTC - July 27) near the border of Hualien County and Taitung County and emerged into the Taiwan Strait from Changhua County at 14:30 local time (0630 UTC). As the storm passed through Taiwan, more than 26,000 households had lost power, mostly in the north and east of the country. Flooding was reported in areas of eastern Taiwan during and after the Typhoon and 32 townships in the east and south had landslide warnings placed into effect during the storm.|date=August 2008}}

{{Citation needed span|According to the Central Weather Bureau, Taiping Mountain in Ilan County the Bureau's equipment registered over 778 mm of precipitation. Other places registering high rainfall totals include Sioulin township in Hualien County with 601 mm, Jianshih township in Hsinchu County with 510 mm and Heping Township in Taichung County (now part of Taichung City) reporting 401 mm of precipitation. The top urban areas are Hualien City with 217 mm and the capital Taipei City has seen 261 mm fall. Heaviest rainfall has been in Ilan and Hualien counties in the east while Hsinchu City through Taichung City to Yunlin County in the rain shadow have received the least rainfall tallying 15 mm or less.|date=August 2008}}

As Fung-wong tracked over Taiwan, roughly 359,036 households lost power, 13,034 lost their water supply and 17,361 lost telephone service. The heaviest rainfall was recording on Tai-Ping Mountain in Yilian County at 818 mm (32.2 in). During the storm, officials evacuated 1,236 people from numerous locations which were considered to be in life-threatening situations.{{cite web|publisher=Central Weather Bureau |date=July 28, 2008|accessdate=May 10, 2009|title=Typhoon Fung-wong Disaster Report 4|url=http://www.nfa.gov.tw/en/DownLoader.aspx?FN=2008%5c20080729%5c20087297819278.pdf&TYPE=4}}

Fung-wong brought heavy rains to mainland China, peaking at {{convert|334.5|mm|in}} in Wenzhou, Zhejiang Province. Up to {{convert|200|mm|in}} was estimated to have fallen across Fujian Province, leading to two locals rivers overflowing.{{cite web|work=Xinhua News|publisher=China Gate|date=July 29, 2008| accessdate=January 13, 2009|url=http://en.chinagate.cn/news/2008-07/29/content_16092359.htm|title=Typhoon Fung Wong Weakens into Tropical Storm}}

The JTWC reported that the typhoon, as a tropical storm made its second landfall over mainland China on July 28, 1500 UTC, around {{convert|30|nmi|km|abbr=on}} south of Fuzhou. Xinhua News Agency, however, reported the storm making landfall at 10 pm local time (1400 UTC). Fujian Province was hard hit, receiving gusting winds of up to 155 km/h. 338,000 people were evacuated, and casualties are one dead and six injured.{{cite news| url=https://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601080&sid=aB2.kz1mQAB8 | work=Bloomberg | title=Southeast China Struck by Typhoon Fung-Wong; 338,000 Evacuated | date=July 28, 2008}} Damages in Fujian provence totaled to 503 million yuan ($73 million).{{cite news| url=https://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601087&sid=avkvfLaJABYk&refer=home | work=Bloomberg | title=Southeast China Hit by Fung-Wong; 390,000 Evacuated (Update2) | date=July 29, 2008}} Fung-wong destroyed 8,667 homes and damaged 38,300 others. An estimated {{convert|430|km2|sqmi}} of farmland were also lost. Damages were estimated at CNY 3.37 billion (US$493 million)

Luzon in the Philippines (particularly Metro Manila) experienced torrential rain noontime local time from the outer bands, causing floods on many roads.{{Cite web|url=http://www.gmanews.tv/story/109647/Heavy-downpour-causes-flash-floods-in-Metro-Manila---report|title = Heavy downpour causes flash floods in Metro Manila - report| date=27 July 2008 }} Classes for Monday (July 28) were then suspended in twelve provinces as rains were imminent at the time.{{Cite web|url=http://www.gmanews.tv/story/109679/-NDCC-suspends-elementary-HS-classes-in-Metro-Manila-12-provinces|title = NDCC suspends elementary, HS classes in Metro Manila, 12 provinces| date=27 July 2008 }} PAGASA warned small seacraft not to make voyage, as the typhoon-induced southwest monsoon is very strong.{{Cite web|url=http://www.gmanews.tv/story/109711/Pagasa-advises-small-seacraft-from-leaving-shore|title = Pagasa advises small seacraft from leaving shore| date=28 July 2008 }} As of Late on Monday, July 28, four people had died, two were injured and 5 are still missing in Northern Luzon (mostly in Ilocos and Cordillera Administrative Region) due to the effects of the Typhoon.{{Cite web|url=http://www.gmanews.tv/story/109870/NDCC-Igme-toll-rises-to-4-dead-2-hurt-5-missing|title = NDCC: Igme toll rises to 4 dead, 2 hurt, 5 missing| date=28 July 2008 }}

According to the latest Philippine National Disaster Coordinating Council Situation Report, Igme (Fung-wong) left seven dead, two injured and three missing. Igme affected the lives of 22,079 persons in 93 barangays in three provinces. Damages caused by Igme cost almost PHP1.9 million.{{cite web| url=https://www.gmanetwork.com/news/topstories/nation/110350/8216-igme-8217-death-toll-rises-to-7-ndcc/story/ | title='Igme' death toll rises to 7 - NDCC | date=30 July 2008 | access-date=2024-02-07}}

Officials sent 530 tents and CNY 5.1 million ($746,257 USD) in disaster funds to affected areas in Anhui Province.{{cite web|author=Xinhua News|publisher=Morning China|date=August 5, 2008|accessdate=January 13, 2009|title=Typhoon-triggered flood kills 9 in Anhui|url=http://www.wsichina.org/morningchina/article.asp?id=3453}}

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• [http://agora.ex.nii.ac.jp/digital-typhoon/summary/wnp/s/200808.html.en JMA General Information] of Typhoon Fung-wong (0808) from Digital Typhoon
• [http://www.data.jma.go.jp/fcd/yoho/data/typhoon/T0808.pdf JMA Best Track Data] of Typhoon Fung-wong (0808) {{in lang|ja}}
• [http://www.data.jma.go.jp/fcd/yoho/data/typhoon/T0808.png JMA Best Track Data (Graphics)] of Typhoon Fung-wong (0808)
• [http://www.jma.go.jp/jma/jma-eng/jma-center/rsmc-hp-pub-eg/besttrack.html JMA Best Track Data (Text)]
• [https://web.archive.org/web/20120829033413/http://www.usno.navy.mil/NOOC/nmfc-ph/RSS/jtwc/best_tracks/2008/2008s-bwp/bwp092008.txt JTWC Best Track Data] of Typhoon 09W (Fung-wong)
• [https://archive.today/20140812040452/http://www.nrlmry.navy.mil/tcdat/tc08/WPAC/09W.FUNG-WONG/ 09W.Fung-wong] from the U.S. Naval Research Laboratory

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