Overview of Tropical Cyclones in November 2014

(Tracks)

        Two tropical cyclones occurred over the western North Pacific and the South China Sea in November 2014.

        Nuri formed as a tropical depression over the western North Pacific about 1 770 km east of Manila on the morning of 31 October and moved generally westwards. Developing into a tropical storm that night, Nuri turned north-northwestwards the following day and continued to intensify. It developed into a super typhoon about 1 210 km southwest of Iwo Jima on the night of 2 November and reached its peak intensity the next morning with an estimated sustained winds of 220 km/h near its centre. Tracking northeastwards, Nuri moved across the sea areas northwest of Iwo Jima and weakened gradually in the following few days. It finally evolved into an extratropical cyclone over the seas east of Japan on the morning of 7 November.

        Sinlaku formed as a tropical depression about 650 km south-southeast of Manila on the morning of 27 November and moved west-northwestwards across the southern part of the Philippines. It intensified into a tropical storm the next morning and moved across the southern part of the South China Sea. Sinlaku further intensified into a severe tropical storm about 540 km east-northeast of Ho Chi Minh City on 29 November, reached peak intensity with an estimated sustained winds of 90 km/h near its centre. Sinlaku made landfall over southern Vietnam in the small hours of 30 November and weakened gradually. It finally weakened into an area of low pressure at Cambodia that night.