This article is about the 2015 typhoon. For other storms of the same name, see List of storms named Melor.
Typhoon Melor (Nona)
Melor at peak intensity near Samar on December 14
Meteorological history
Formed
December 10, 2015
Dissipated
December 17, 2015
Very strong typhoon
10-minute sustained (JMA)
Highest winds
175 km/h (110 mph)
Lowest pressure
935 hPa (mbar); 27.61 inHg
Category 4-equivalent typhoon
1-minute sustained (SSHWS/JTWC)
Highest winds
230 km/h (145 mph)
Lowest pressure
929 hPa (mbar); 27.43 inHg
Overall effects
Fatalities
51 total
Damage
$148 million (2015 USD)
Areas affected
Caroline Islands, Philippines
IBTrACS
Part of the 2015 Pacific typhoon season
Typhoon Melor, known in the Philippines as Typhoon Nona, was a powerful tropical cyclone that struck the Philippines in December 2015. The twenty-seventh named storm and the eighteenth typhoon of the annual typhoon season, Melor killed 51 people and caused ₱7.04 billion (US$148.3 million) in damage.
The typhoon began developing on December 7 as a low-pressure area 120 km (75 mi) of Chuuk. Soon, it intensified into a tropical depression on December 10, and then into a tropical storm south of Yap, and was named Melor. The Philippine Atmospheric, Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration (PAG-ASA) initially decided to name Melor as "Nonoy", but due to political reasons, it was named "Nona" instead. On December 13, Tropical Storm Melor (Nona) became a typhoon, and made its first landfall on Northern Samar. The typhoon made several landfalls in Sorsogon, Burias Island, Romblon, and Oriental Mindoro, before weakening into a tropical storm. It turned southward on entering the South China Sea (West Philippine Sea) before weakening into a tropical depression and dissipating in the Sulu Sea.
TyphoonMelor, known in the Philippines as Typhoon Nona, was a powerful tropical cyclone that struck the Philippines in December 2015. The twenty-seventh...
environment with low shear and warm SSTs, Melor intensified steadily. On December 13, Melor attained typhoon intensity. Following an episode of rapid intensification...
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landfall on any part of the country, its interaction with Typhoon Parma would cause Melor to weaken and shift course to Japan while Parma crossed Northern...
Storm Melor on October 30. With minimal wind shear, the storm strengthened further and developed a large eye. The JTWC upgraded Melor to typhoon status...
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powerful extratropical cyclone that was associated with the remnants of TyphoonMelor, which brought extreme amounts of rainfall to California. The system...
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2015. Retrieved October 29, 2015. "Sitrep No.18 re Effects of TY NONA (MELOR)" (PDF). Phillippine National Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Council...
Retrieved 21 June 2016. "Typhoon-hit Philippines appeals for help". Al Jazeera. Retrieved 21 June 2016. "Death toll from Typhoon Haiyan in Philippines passes...
replaced Mujigae, Koppu, Melor and Meranti, which were retired following the 2015 and 2016 seasons. In early 2023, the Typhoon Committee announced that...
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