The fourteenth named storm of the 2007 Pacific typhoon season, Lekima formed from a quick-moving tropical depression on the Philippine Sea in late September.

Lekima would stay at peak intensity for the remainder of its life until the cyclone made a final landfall over Central Vietnam on October 3.

It made landfall in central Luzon early on September 29, and at the same time JMA upgraded the developing system into a tropical depression,[1] while JTWC started a TCFA shortly thereafter at 09:00 UTC on the same day.

[1] Hanna brought heavy rains to Luzon causing a landslide that killed eight people, including three children, in Ifugao province, while another person was found dead in Quezon City.

[4] Torrential rains also caused landslides, flooding, infrastructure damage, and disruption of transportation service in other parts of the country.

[5] Over 100,000 people were evacuated in southern China as the storm approached, six flights were cancelled[5] and more than 20,000 fishing boats were recalled back to the harbors.