Saola was a TS tropical cyclone that formed in the Philippine Sea in 2012. The storm reached maximum sustained winds of 130 km/h (70 kt) with a minimum central pressure of 960 hPa. Tracking across the Philippine Seain the Western Pacific basin (, it potentially affected the Philippines, Taiwan and Japan. The storm traveled from approximately 11.0°116.9° to 27.7°129.7°, crossing a range of 17 latitude and 13 longitude.