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184<br />

ESCAP/WMO<br />

<strong>Typhoon</strong> <strong>Committee</strong> Annual Review 2009<br />

2.2.21<br />

MIRINAE (0921)<br />

25 October – 3 November<br />

MIRINAE (0921) formed as a tropical depression over the western North Pacific east of Guam at 18 UTC on<br />

25 October and moved west-northwestwards while intensifying into a tropical storm at 06 UTC and a severe<br />

tropical storm at 18 UTC on 27 October. It intensified further to a typhoon over the sea to the east of Luzon at<br />

00UTC on 28 October and attained its peak intensity with maximum sustained wind of 148 km/h and a central<br />

pressure of 955 hPa at 12 UTC on 28 October. Mirinae crossed Luzon soon after weakening into a severe<br />

tropical storm at 12 UTC on 30 October, and subsequently entered the central part of South China Sea. Moving<br />

westwards across the South China Sea, Mirinae weakened into a tropical storm 12 UTC on 31 October and<br />

made landfall over the Viet Nam on 2 November. It subsequently weakened further into a tropical depression at<br />

18 UTC on 2 November and then dissipated at 00 UTC next day.<br />

In the Philippines more than 170,000 families were affected. The economic loss due to the passage of Mirinae<br />

was estimated about 10.4 million US dollars.

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