typhoon koryn, having developed well east of the philippines on june 13, steadily strengthened as it moved westward, intensifying to a peak of winds on the 24th. it crossed northern luzon the next day as a slightly weaker typhoon, and continued west-northwestward until hitting southern china (90 nautical miles southwest of hong kong on the 27th). koryn slowly wound down, bringing heavy rain through china and northern vietnam before dissipating on the 29th. koryn was responsible for the loss of 37 people, as well as $14.5 million (1993 usd) in damage over the northern philippines.