What is Typhoon Mangkhut?
{{Infobox hurricane | Name = Typhoon Mangkhut (Ompong) | Year = 2018 | Basin = WPac | Formed = September 7, 2018 | Dissipated = September 17, 2018 | Extratropical = | Image location = Mangkhut 2018-09-12 0505Z.jpg | Image name = | 10-min winds = 110 | 1-min winds = 155 | Pressure = 905 | Fatalities = 134 | Damages = $944 million | Areas = [[Mariana Islands]], [[Philippines]], [[Taiwan]], [[Hong Kong]], [[Macau]], [[China]], [[Vietnam]] | Hurricane season = [[2018 Pacific typhoon season]] }} '''Typhoon Mangkhut''' was a very strong [[tropical cyclone]] in the western [[Pacific Ocean]] in September 2018. The storm struck the northern [[Philippines]] on September 25, 2018, just before 1:40 am [[Philippine Standard Time]]. When it hit, it was a Category 5-equivalent super [[typhoon]]. The storm killed many people in the Philippines. [[File:Typhoon Mangkhut (2018).svg|thumb|]] Mangkhut then headed toward [[Hong Kong]] and southern [[China]].<ref>{{cite news|title=Typhoon Mangkhut Heads for China as Dozens are Killed in the Philippines|publisher=The Guardian|url=https://www.theguardian.com/weather/2018/sep/16/typhoon-mangkhut-to-china-as-philippines-death-toll-rises|access-date=September 15, 2018}}</ref> A [[tornado]] was reported in Marikina, part of eastern [[Metro Manila]] on the night of September 14, 2018. Two people were hurt.<ref>{{cite report|title=Typhoon Mangkhut|publisher=ABS-CBN News|url=https://news.abs-cbn.com/news/09/14/18/ipo-ipo-nanalasa-sa-marikina-2-residente-nakuryente|access-date=September 15, 2018}}</ref> Over 105,000 families left from their homes before the storm hit.<ref>{{cite news|title=Ompong Weakens Anew|publisher=Philippine Star|url=https://www.philstar.com/headlines/2018/09/15/1851795/ompong-weakens-anew-leave-par-saturday-night|access-date=September 15, 2018}}</ref> [[File:Mangkhut 2.jpg|thumb]] ==References== <references/> {{DEFAULTSORT:Mangkhut}} [[Category:2018 disasters]] [[Category:2018 in weather]] [[Category:2018 in Asia]] [[Category:September 2018 events]] [[Category:Tr