Typhoon Doug
Doug shortly after peak intensity near the Philippines on August 6 | |
| Meteorological history | |
|---|---|
| Formed | August 2, 1994 |
| Extratropical | August 11, 1994 |
| Dissipated | August 12, 1994 |
| Very strong typhoon | |
| 10-minute sustained (JMA) | |
| Highest winds | 185 km/h (115 mph) |
| Lowest pressure | 925 hPa (mbar); 27.32 inHg |
| Category 5-equivalent super typhoon | |
| 1-minute sustained (SSHWS/JTWC) | |
| Highest winds | 260 km/h (160 mph) |
| Overall effects | |
| Fatalities | 26 total |
| Damage | $110 million (1994 USD) |
| Areas affected |
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| IBTrACS | |
Part of the 1994 Pacific typhoon season | |
Typhoon Doug, known in the Philippines as Super Typhoon Ritang, was the only Category 5 typhoon in the 1994 Pacific typhoon season. The 13th storm and the second super typhoon of the season, it formed on the eastern end of a monsoon trough and developed into a tropical depression on August 2. It moved west and rapidly strengthened. Doug reached a peak of 925 mbar (27.3 inHg) and winds of 160 mph (260 km/h) before brushing the coast of Taiwan. Doug made landfall near Shanghai, China as a weak tropical depression. Doug killed 26 people and caused $110 million (1994 USD) damage in Taiwan. Doug's effects reached Korea.