User:Nathan Johnson/Typhoon Mawar
| Very strong typhoon (JMA) | |
| Category 4 typhoon (SSHWS) | |
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| Duration | August 19 – August 28 |
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| Peak intensity | 175 km/h (110 mph) (10-min); 930 hPa (mbar) |
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.
