Super Typhoon Kalmaegi (Butchoy)( Pokemon Hurricane Fan)

Meteorological History
On January 11, the day after 01W formed, another low formed near Guam at a low latitude with pressures of 1007 mbars. The storm was slow at first due to the influence by TD 01W on January 12, but when the nearby storm dissipated on January 14, with low wind shear and warm waters around 29 degrees Celsius, the invest developed into Tropical Depression 02W on January 16. With a continuous supply of warm water with a wind shear of fewer than 15 knots, the storm found a favorable condition to rapidly intensify, the storm was named Kalmaegi. The system was only 12 hours as a tropical storm when the cyclone's winds increased by 55 mph to 145 mph in a day and its pressure's dropped from 990 mbars to 940 mbars. The system underwent a short eyewall replacement cycle and with it weakening to Category 3 then back to a category 4. The system intensified, reaching Super Typhoon intensity on January 22, one of the earliest Super Typhoons ever. The storm kept on intensifying, reaching Category 5 super typhoon intensity on January 23, the second on record after Typhoon Ophelia. The storm in the meantime reached 160 mph max winds and 915 mbar pressure, the lowest on record, beating Typhoon Alice's record of 930 mbar. The storm weakened to a Category 3 for a while before re-intensifying into a low-end Category 4 with 130 mph winds and 939 mbar pressure. The storm caused serious damage to the Philippines, before becoming a remnant low and dissipating on February 3.

Guam
The system dropped minor rain and occasionally minor gusts of 20 mph. Overall, not much damage.

Palau
Kalmaegi passed south of the island, creating 120 mph sustained winds despite being about 150 km north of the center. Winds destroyed houses and a maximum of 40 inches rain was recorded. Storm Surges flooded roads. 16 people died and 560 buildings were damaged, 19 people missing and more than 600 injured.

Phillipines
The strongest landfall in January on record, Islands near Leyte were especially battered, with Tacloban potentially recording 920 mbars on landfall. Storm Surges reached 5 m and gusts over 175 mph. The system also dropped 94 inches of rain, worsening the floods. Places as far north as Luzon recorded 35 mph sustained winds. In conclusion, 1600 people died, 256 people missing, more than 70000 people injured, 6000 buildings destroyed. International aid came fast, improving the situation rapidly.

Retirement
After this incident, the name Kalmaegi was retired early on September 2020, with PAGASA following suit on November 2020, retired the name Butchoy and had already announced a replacement name on December 2020, being Brad.