Sarika was a TS tropical cyclone that formed in the Philippine Sea in 2004. The storm reached maximum sustained winds of 102 km/h (55 kt) with a minimum central pressure of 980 hPa. Tracking across the Philippine Seain the Western Pacific basin (, it potentially affected the Philippines, Taiwan and Japan. The storm traveled from approximately 15.0°137.3° to 27.6°153.8°, crossing a range of 13 latitude and 16 longitude.