Typhoon Wutip (2019)

Typhoon Wutip, known in the Philippines as Typhoon Amang, was the first super typhoon on record to form in January, and the first storm to hit Japan on January 2019. Typhoon Wutip was the second named storm of the 2019 Pacific typhoon season, that formed in the Mariana Islands. Typhoon Wutip also beat Typhoon Mitag of the 2002 Pacific typhoon season's record of the first supertyphoon to form early in the season.

History:
Typhoon Wutip was first spotted as invest 90W near the International Date Line. Invest 90W becomes a tropical depression and was given the designation "01W" by the Joint Typhoon Warning Center on January 4. Tropical Depression 01W headed northeastward, becoming Tropical Storm Wutip on January 6, before heading northwestward again. Tropical Storm Wutip passed south of Guam, becoming a Category 2 typhoon. Typhoon Wutip intensified into the first supertyphoon of the 2019 Pacific typhoon season on January 10, heading westward. According to most models and forecasts, Wutip was supposed to intensify into a Category 5 as it entered the Philippine Area of Responsibility and was named Amang, but as it headed to Japan, the intensification stopped as it was face to face with the Northeast Monsoon. Typhoon Wutip (Amang) weakened to a Category 2 on January 12, maintaining stationary for 2 days and restrengthened to a Category 3, near Southern Luzon. By January 15, Wutip headed to Extreme Northern Luzon and caused heavy rain in parts of Batanes, Cagayan, and Isabela. By January 16, Wutip weakened into a Severe Tropical Storm/Category 1 typhoon when passing over Taiwan and exiting PAGSA's well defined Philippine Area of Responsibility. Wutip traveled for 4 more days until it became extratropical, and was finally destroyed by the Northeast Monsoon on January 21. Wutip's remnants spawned an extratropical category 5 storm that wreaked havoc on Russia. Wutip then affected America with cold air and rain.

Damages
Total Damages of Typhoon Wutip on the Philippines were Php.98mil in the Northern Luzon area.

Damages of Typhoon Wutip on Taiwan were $12mil.

See Also:
2019 Pacific typhoon season

2019 Pacific typhoon Season