Typhoon Shanshan (2018)

At 21:00 UTC (GMT+10) on the same day, the Joint Typhoon Warning Center (JTWC) began tracking the system, giving it the identifier 17W.

[1] 17W intensified into a tropical storm on August 3, with the Japan Meteorological Agency assigning it the name Shanshan.

The following day, both the JMA and JTWC upgraded Shanshan to a typhoon after deep convection was seen wrapping into its developing center.

On August 7, Shanshan began to re-intensify and reached its peak strength as a Category 2 typhoon with 1-minute winds of 165  km/h (105  mph) while nearing southeastern Japan.

More than 2,000 people evacuated from their homes early on the morning hours of Thursday.

Map plotting the storm's track and intensity, according to the Saffir–Simpson scale
Map key
Saffir–Simpson scale
Tropical depression (≤38 mph, ≤62 km/h)
Tropical storm (39–73 mph, 63–118 km/h)
Category 1 (74–95 mph, 119–153 km/h)
Category 2 (96–110 mph, 154–177 km/h)
Category 3 (111–129 mph, 178–208 km/h)
Category 4 (130–156 mph, 209–251 km/h)
Category 5 (≥157 mph, ≥252 km/h)
Unknown
Storm type
triangle Extratropical cyclone , remnant low, tropical disturbance, or monsoon depression
Typhoon Shanshan off the coast of Japan