Typhoon Doksuri

Typhoon Doksuri, known in the Philippines as Super Typhoon Egay, was a powerful and highly destructive tropical cyclone that inflicted widespread damage in mainland China while also affecting the Philippines, Taiwan, and Vietnam in late July 2023. Doksuri became the costliest typhoon on record, inflicting an estimated $28.6 billion ($30 billion when adjusted for inflation) in damages, breaking the previous record of Typhoon Mireille in 1991. It is also the costliest tropical cyclone outside of the North Atlantic basin and the costliest typhoon on record to strike China, surpassing Typhoon Utor in 2013. Doksuri was also the strongest typhoon to impact Fujian since Typhoon Meranti in 2016, and the most powerful typhoon to strike the province since records began in 1950. The fifth named storm and third typhoon of the inactive 2023 Pacific typhoon season, Doksuri started as a low-pressure area in the Philippines, far off the eastern coast of Mindanao. Tracking northwestward, it rapidly intensified into a typhoon over the Philippines prior to making landfall over the Babuyan Islands. Together with the southwest monsoon, Doksuri showered most of the northern and central Luzon island with heavy rains, triggering floods in various regions of the country. Doksuri steadily weakened after interacting with land, but by late July 27, Doksuri underwent another round of rapid intensification in the South China Sea. Doksuri moved towards Fujian, China, before rapidly weakening overland, and Doksuri dissipated early on the next day. Doksuri left behind a trail of severe destruction in its wake. The typhoon killed 137 and left 289 people injured, 27 of which were on board the MB Aya Express when the pump boat capsized. Floods were reported in 9 out of the Philippines' 17 regions, affecting over 2 million people and requiring over 300,000 to evacuate. The typhoon's close proximity and large...