Tropical Storm Lupit (2021)
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Tropical Storm Lupit, known in the Philippines as Tropical Storm Huaning, was a tropical cyclone that affected Hong Kong and Macau, while also impacting the Guangdong and Fujian provinces in Mainland China, Taiwan and Japan in early-August 2021. The ninth named storm of the 2021 Pacific typhoon season, the system was first tracked as a tropical depression by the Japan Meteorological Agency (JMA) as a tropical depression over Zhanjiang. It then moved east-northeastward, affecting Hong Kong and Macau before strengthening to a tropical storm, whereas it was named Lupit. On August 5, as it neared the coast of Guangdong Province, it slightly intensified before the storm made two consecutive landfalls over Nan'ao County in Guangdong and Dongshan County in Fujian on that day. It then turned towards Taiwan before striking the northern part of the country. After lashing the area with torrential rainfall that led to numerous landslides and unknown damages, it approached and made two consecutive landfalls at mainland Japan before entering the Sea of Japan, in where it became extratropical.
Meteorological history | |
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Formed | August 2, 2021 |
Extratropical | August 9, 2021 |
Dissipated | August 16, 2021 |
Tropical storm | |
10-minute sustained (JMA) | |
Highest winds | 85 km/h (50 mph) |
Lowest pressure | 984 hPa (mbar); 29.06 inHg |
Tropical storm | |
1-minute sustained (SSHWS/JTWC) | |
Highest winds | 85 km/h (50 mph) |
Lowest pressure | 976 hPa (mbar); 28.82 inHg |
Overall effects | |
Fatalities | 6 |
Missing | 1 |
Damage | $267 million (2021 USD) |
Areas affected | Northern Vietnam, South China, East China (especially Fujian), Taiwan, Ryukyu Islands, Japan |
IBTrACS | |
Part of the 2021 Pacific typhoon season |
Many people in the affected area of Lupit immediately evacuated due to the possible hazards from the storm. 6 deaths were confirmed from Lupit: four in Taiwan and the other in Japan. Another was missing in the former. Damages were calculated at $266.8 million (2021 USD).