List of storms named Koppu

Last updated February 20, 2024

The name Koppu has been used for three tropical cyclones in the northwestern Pacific Ocean. The name was contributed by Japan, and means 'cup' or the Japanese constellation for crater.

Typhoon Koppu (2003) (T0316, 17W, Sikat) – remained over the open ocean
Typhoon Koppu (2009) (T0915, 16W, Nando) – struck China
Typhoon Koppu (2015) (T1524, 24W, Lando) – a powerful and typhoon tropical that struck the Philippines

The name Koppu was retired by the WMO Typhoon Committee in 2016 and was replaced with the name Koguma , The name was contributed by Japan and is the Japanese name for a bear or the constellation for Ursa Minor.

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Typhoon Koppu, known in the Philippines as Typhoon Nando was a typhoon which struck China in September 2009.

Typhoon Koppu, known in the Philippines as Super Typhoon Lando, was a powerful and devastating tropical cyclone that struck Luzon in October 2015. It was the twenty-fourth named storm and the fifteenth typhoon of the annual typhoon season. Similar to Goni earlier in the year, Koppu originated from a tropical disturbance east of the Mariana Islands on October 10. Moving briskly west, the system consolidated into a tropical depression the following day and further into a tropical storm on October 13. Situated over the warm waters of the Philippine Sea, Koppu quickly deepened. The storm reached its peak intensity on October 17 with ten-minute sustained winds of 185 km/h (115 mph) according to the Japan Meteorological Agency (JMA). The Joint Typhoon Warning Center assessed Koppu to have been a Category 4-equivalent super typhoon with one-minute sustained winds of 240 km/h (150 mph). The storm subsequently made landfall at this strength near Casiguran, Philippines. Rapid weakening ensued due to interaction with the mountainous terrain of Luzon and the disheveled core of Koppu emerged over the South China Sea on October 19. Unfavorable environmental conditions inhibited reorganization and the system diminished to a tropical depression on October 21.

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