Meranti was a C3 tropical cyclone that formed in the Philippine Sea in 2016. The storm reached maximum sustained winds of 222 km/h (120 kt) with a minimum central pressure of 890 hPa. Tracking across the Philippine Seain the Western Pacific basin (, it potentially affected the Philippines, Taiwan and Japan. The storm traveled from approximately 13.2°116.9° to 27.7°143.8°, crossing a range of 14 latitude and 27 longitude.