Typhoon Toraji (2001)

Moving north-northwest over favorable conditions, the disturbance intensified to a tropical depression, while the JTWC issued a TCFA on the newly developed system.

Despite the rugged terrains of the country, the JTWC upgraded the system further to a Category 3, shortly before weakening as it moved offshore on Taiwan Strait.

It continued to weaken, with the JTWC also downgrading the system to a tropical storm, before making landfall near Fuzhou on July 31 before it was last noted by the next day.

[2] On the same day, the JTWC issued their first warning on Tropical Depression 11W, with its center located approximately 650 nm east-southeast of Luzon's northeastern tip.

[1] The depression soon entered the Philippine Area of Responsibility (PAR) early on July 26, assigning the name Isang from the PAGASA.

[2] Due to the moderate wind shear impacting the newly formed system, the development was slow; however, the overall environment of Isang was favorable.

[9] Twenty-one people are killed and about 30 persons are missing in the town of Kuang Fu, in eastern Hualien County, Taiwan.

Map plotting the storm's track and intensity, according to the Saffir–Simpson scale
Map key
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
The final warning for Toraji by the JTWC on August 1