on early june 8, an area of low pressure formed about 10 km west of cebu city, philippines. as it moved towards the mindoro strait the jma and jtwc began to monitor the system. in the early morning hours of june 9, the philippines' pagasa upgraded the system to a tropical depression and reported the storm center to be about 450 km west of dagupan city in the philippines. the next day, the jma and jtwc upgraded the tropical depression into a tropical storm, with the jma naming it sarika. during the morning of june 11 the jtwc downgraded sarika to a tropical depression after making landfall in shantou, china. the jtwc soon issued their final advisory on sarika. sarika made landfall on mainland china with winds of 75 km/h (45 mph). as a result of the storm, 23 people were killed in xianning, and ten more were declared missing. damages from sarika are estimated at $248 million.