Typhoon Kong-rey

Last updated September 10, 2022

The name Kong-rey has been used to name four tropical cyclones in the western north Pacific The name was contributed by Cambodia and is the name of a mountain and also of a girl from a Khmer legend.

Typhoon Kong-rey (2001) (T0106, 09W)
Typhoon Kong-rey (2007) (T0701, 01W)
Tropical Storm Kong-rey (2013) (T1315, 14W, Nando)
Typhoon Kong-rey (2018) (T1825, 30W, Queenie) – A Category 5 super typhoon that affected Japan and South Korea.

Preceded by Trami	Pacific typhoon season names Kong-rey	Succeeded by Yinxing

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Typhoon Kong-rey was a moderate typhoon that affected Guam and the Northern Mariana Islands in early April 2007. The first named storm of the 2007 Pacific typhoon season, Kong-rey became the earliest-occurring typhoon since Typhoon Sudal in 2004. At its peak, it was considered to be a Category 2-equivalent typhoon by the Joint Typhoon Warning Center, though re-analysis increased it to a Category 3-equivalent. Typhoon Kong-rey caused about $10,000 in damages and no injuries along its path.

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Typhoon Kong-rey, known in the Philippines as Typhoon Queenie, was a large and powerful typhoon that was tied with Typhoon Yutu as the most powerful tropical cyclone worldwide in 2018. The twenty-fifth tropical storm, eleventh typhoon and 6th super typhoon of the 2018 Pacific typhoon season, Kong-rey originated from a tropical disturbance in the open Pacific. For a couple days, it went westward, organizing into a tropical depression on September 27. Then it intensified into a powerful Category 5 super typhoon early on October 2. Kong-rey underwent an eyewall replacement cycle after its peak intensity, causing it to weaken into a Category 3 typhoon under unfavorable conditions. Kong-rey then struck South Korea on October 6 as a tropical storm. Kong-rey transitioned into an extratropical cyclone later that day while impacting Japan.

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