Sarika was a TS tropical cyclone that formed in the Philippine Sea in 2011. The storm reached maximum sustained winds of 74 km/h (40 kt) with a minimum central pressure of 996 hPa. Tracking across the Philippine Seain the Western Pacific basin (, it potentially affected the Philippines, Taiwan and Japan. The storm traveled from approximately 13.4°116.9° to 25.0°121.5°, crossing a range of 12 latitude and 5 longitude.