Saola was a C2 tropical cyclone that formed in the Philippine Sea in 2023. The storm reached maximum sustained winds of 194 km/h (105 kt) with a minimum central pressure of 920 hPa. Tracking across the Philippine Seain the Western Pacific basin (, it potentially affected the Philippines, Taiwan and Japan. The storm traveled from approximately 16.0°109.1° to 22.0°128.0°, crossing a range of 6 latitude and 19 longitude.