This article is about the 2020 typhoon. For other storms of the same name, see List of storms named Molave and List of storms named Quinta.
Typhoon Molave (Quinta)
Typhoon Molave at peak intensity on October 27
Meteorological history
Formed
October 22, 2020
Dissipated
October 30, 2020
Very strong typhoon
10-minute sustained (JMA)
Highest winds
165 km/h (105 mph)
Lowest pressure
940 hPa (mbar); 27.76 inHg
Category 3-equivalent typhoon
1-minute sustained (SSHWS/JTWC)
Highest winds
195 km/h (120 mph)
Lowest pressure
952 hPa (mbar); 28.11 inHg
Overall effects
Fatalities
71
Missing
46
Damage
$742 million (2020 USD)
Areas affected
Philippines, Spratly Islands, Vietnam, Laos, Cambodia, Thailand, Malaysia, Myanmar
IBTrACS
Part of the 2020 Pacific typhoon season
Typhoon Molave (Tagalog:[moˈlavɛ], mo-LAH-veh), known in the Philippines as Typhoon Quinta, was a strong tropical cyclone that caused widespread damage in the Philippines and Indochina in late October 2020, and became the strongest to strike the South Central Coast of Vietnam since Damrey in 2017. The eighteenth named storm and eighth typhoon of the annual typhoon season, Molave originated from a tropical depression that formed on October 23 east of Palau. At 15:00 UTC the next day, the depression was upgraded into Tropical Storm Molave as it drifted generally northwestward. Molave soon became a typhoon on October 25 as it turned west, shortly before making five landfalls in central Philippines. After striking the Philippines, Molave entered the South China Sea and began to re-intensify. Molave attained its peak intensity on October 27 before weakening again as it approached Vietnam. The typhoon struck Vietnam on October 28, before rapidly weakening as it headed further into Indochina. Molave later dissipated on October 30, over Myanmar.
After carving a path of destruction, 71 people have been confirmed dead and another 46 are missing from Molave. Preliminary damage is estimated at $742 million (2020 USD), though the total damage in Indochina is currently unknown.
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