Typhoon Irma (2017)

Typhoon Irma is a WPAC equivalent of Hurricane Irma of 2017. It is also known in the Philippines with local name "Lannie" It first starts as TD and becomes TS afterwards. It strengthened into a typhoon and later becomes a category 5 super typhoon, making it a very big threat to the Philippines. It soon entered the Philippine Area of Responsibility and given local name Lannie. Later it started to weaken into C4, but briefly it regained C5 strength again. Soon it made landfall on Bicol region as C4, making it worst since Nock-Ten. It weakened into C2, but it went back again to C4 strength. It turned north and made landfall on Batangas as C4. It further weakened until it made it's final landfall on China as TD.

Impact
The impact of Irma is very huge, especially in the Philippines. Flash flooding is heavily observed in Metro Manila and in Luzon. The storm killed almost 345 people, making it deadly. It also caused $1.1 billion in damages. (56.07 Billion PHP), making it second costliest Philippine typhoon on record, only behind Haiyan of 2013.