Typhoon Liwayway

Typhoon Liwayway was the most intense tropical cyclone worldwide in 2019. Liwayway caused extreme damage in Taiwan and East China. It was the most intense typhoon on record to make landfall in Taiwan, and ranked among the most destructive typhoons in the province. Liwayway formed as a tropical depression west of Guam on September 4. Tracking west-northwest, Liwayway quickly strengthened into a typhoon. On September 7, Liwayway underwent explosive intensification with a pressure drop of 74 milibars in just under a day, marking its strengthening from a Category 1 to a Category 5-equivalent typhoon.