Mangkhut was a C2 tropical cyclone that formed in the Philippine Sea in 2018. The storm reached maximum sustained winds of 204 km/h (110 kt) with a minimum central pressure of 905 hPa. Tracking across the Philippine Seain the Western Pacific basin (, it potentially affected the Philippines, Taiwan and Japan. The storm traveled from approximately 12.0°104.8° to 24.0°169.2°, crossing a range of 12 latitude and 64 longitude.