Typhoon Bagha (2039) (NyeBuoi)

Typhoon Bagha, known in the Philippines as Typhoon Javier, is the strongest storm to live in the 2039 Pacific Typhoon Season. With 330 km/h winds that sustained for a minute, and a pressure of 870 hPa, it became the most intense typhoon, surpassing Typhoon Haiyan on 2013. With 23,719 fatalities, this intense storm even became the deadliest typhoon in history.

Bagha was the 2nd storm to form in September, the 1st being Tropical Storm Florence on September 2. It formed as the 15th depression, 13th storm and 2nd super typhoon in the season.

Before it's landfall in the Philippines, thousands, if not, millions of people were evacuated, as the storm was intensifying rapidly, and shows no signs of rest. When it reached peak intensity on September 11, it brushed through Northern Samar, and swept through the Bicol Region. It then continued heading west northwest, and made a direct landfall in Manila, killing 11,215 people after leaving the Philippine Area of Responsibility a few hours later.

The storm weakened into a Category 4 but eventuallly regained Category 5 status due to low vertical wind shear and high ocean temperature. It then made another landfall at Vietnam as Category 5 and swept across Cambodia and Thailand before entering the North Indian Ocean on September 14.

Meteorological History
On September 2, an area of low pressure was sought just east of Mindanao. It headed west, and eventually intensified into Tropical Depression 15W on September 4. It continued heading west, eventually intensifying further into a Tropical Storm a day later and was named Bagha by the JMA. On September 6, it began slowing down to moderate wind shear, but due to high sea temperature, it was able to intensify even further into a Category 1 typhoon, and eventually into a Category 2 later that day. On September 7, high vertical wind shear caused it to weaken into a Category 1, but Bagha managed to keep the status before leaving the hostile environment, and headed west northwest. On September 9, Bagha intensified into a Category 3 typhoon, and began to speed up, intensifying into a Category 4 typhoon the next day. On September 11, it peaked as a Category 5 typhoon and made it's first landfall on Legazpi City on Bohol. It continued pushing through the Philippines then later made a direct hit in the capital city. 11,215 people died, and 31 million people were left homeless. The storm weakened into Category 4 after leaving the country due to the mountainous landscape of the archipelago.

A day after the landfall, the storm reintensified into a Category 5 typhoon and made another Category 5 landfall at Vietnam, passed through Cambodia and Vietnam before entering the North Indian Ocean as a Category 2 typhoon.