Malakas was a C1 tropical cyclone that formed in the East China Sea in 2016. The storm reached maximum sustained winds of 176 km/h (95 kt) with a minimum central pressure of 930 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 12.4°122.7° to 34.8°146.1°, crossing a range of 22 latitude and 23 longitude.