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2.2.10<br />

VAMCO (0910)<br />

16 August - 26 August<br />

<strong>TCAR</strong><br />

CHAPTER 2 - TROPICAL CYCLONES 2008<br />

VAMCO (0910) formed as a tropical depression over the western North Pacific west of the Marshall Islands at<br />

12 UTC on 16 August and moved generally north-northwestwards. It intensified first into a tropical storm at 18<br />

UTC on 17 August, and then a severe tropical storm at 12 UTC on 18 August, and reached typhoon intensity<br />

at 00 UTC on 19 August. Vamco attained its peak intensity with maximum sustained wind of 167 km/h and a<br />

central pressure of 945 hPa at 00 UTC on 20 August. It turned to move northwards on 23 August and then<br />

north-northeastwards. Vamco weakened into a severe tropical storm at 12 UTC on 25 August and then became<br />

an extra-tropical cyclone over the western North Pacific to the east of Kamchatka Peninsula at 00 UTC on 26<br />

August. No significant damages were reported.<br />

2009<br />

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