C5category 5
Typhoon Saomai (2000)
Typhoon Saomai formed in the Western Pacific on 31 August 2000 and faded on 19 September 2000. Peak wind 259 km/h (140 kt), category 5, lowest pressure 925 hPa. Landfall: South Korea, Russia.
259 km/hPeak wind · 140 kt
925 hPaLowest pressure
18.3 daysDuration
7,559 kmTrack length · ACE 39.3
C5 · category 5C4 · category 4C3 · category 3C2 · category 2C1 · category 1TS · tropical stormTD · tropical depression
Wind along the track
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Landfalls
Towns within 100 km of the track
Daegu96 km · 102 km/h
Pohang85 km · 102 km/h
Gumi83 km · 102 km/h
Naha53 km · 185 km/h
Yeosu94 km · 120 km/h
Gyeongsan-si99 km · 102 km/h
Gyeongju99 km · 102 km/h
Chungju92 km · 102 km/h
Andong22 km · 102 km/h
Okinawa40 km · 185 km/h
Gimcheon95 km · 102 km/h
Jecheon78 km · 102 km/h
Uruma35 km · 185 km/h
Tongyeong99 km · 120 km/h
Urasoe47 km · 185 km/h
Yeongju28 km · 102 km/h
Donghae City96 km · 102 km/h
Ginowan44 km · 185 km/h
Sangju73 km · 102 km/h
Donghae91 km · 102 km/h
Mungyeong64 km · 102 km/h
Gushikawa34 km · 185 km/h
Tomigusuku53 km · 185 km/h
Nago21 km · 176 km/h
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