Portal:Tropical cyclones/Anniversaries/July/18
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July 18,
- 2005 - Typhoon Haitang made landfall on Taiwan, causing numerous landslides and flash floods across the island.
- 2014 - Typhoon Rammasun (pictured) reached its peak intensity as a Category 5 super typhoon, being one of only two Category 5 typhoons on record to exist in the South China Sea. Overall damages over in China and in the Philippines had totaled to $7.13 billion and killing nearly 200 people.