Typhoon Chaba (2022)

Typhoon Chaba, known in the Philippines as Tropical Depression Caloy, was a strong tropical cyclone that impacted China in early July 2022. The third named storm and the second typhoon of the annual typhoon season, Chaba developed as a low-pressure area in the South China Sea on June 28, and soon became a tropical depression while moving northwestward. The system intensified to Tropical Storm Chaba on June 30 and continued its northwest movement. Chaba continued to intensity under favourable condition. Early on July 2, Chaba attained typhoon status and made landfall in Guangdong a few hours later. Chaba dropped below typhoon status shortly after landfall, and weakened to a tropical depression on the next day and turned to the northeast. Chaba became extratropical on July 5 while over Anhui. The extratropical remnants of Chaba continued to move northeastward, emerged into Bohai Sea on July 6 and dissipated just off the Korean Peninsula on the next day. In its early stage, Chaba enhanced the southwest monsoon and brought some rainfall to the Philippines. Chaba later sank a crane vessel Fu Jing 001 offshore Yangjiang, and caused 25 dead with 1 missing. After Chaba made landfall in Guangdong, its slow movement brought heavy rains and caused flooding in portions of China, with many places recorded heavy rainfall. 2 people were killed in Hainan, another person was missing in Guangxi, and the total damage amounted to ¥3.12 billion (US$466 million).