Meranti was a TS tropical cyclone that formed in the East China Sea in 2004. The storm reached maximum sustained winds of 139 km/h (75 kt) with a minimum central pressure of 960 hPa. Tracking across the East China Seain the Western Pacific basin (, it potentially affected Japan, Korea, Taiwan and eastern China. The storm traveled from approximately 15.8°165.3° to 39.7°172.6°, crossing a range of 24 latitude and 7 longitude.