Typhoon Muifa (international designation: 0425, JTWC designation: 29W, designated Typhoon Unding by PAGASA) was a typhoon during the 2004 Pacific typhoon season. The name Muifa is taken from the ume blossom.
A disturbance became Tropical Depression 29W on November 14 and strengthened into Tropical Storm Muifa in the early of the 15th when centered east-southeast of Manila, the Philippines. Muifa turned back onto a west-northwest heading and inten...
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Typhoon Muifa (international designation: 0425, JTWC designation: 29W, designated Typhoon Unding by PAGASA) was a typhoon during the 2004 Pacific typhoon season. The name Muifa is taken from the ume blossom.
A disturbance became Tropical Depression 29W on November 14 and strengthened into Tropical Storm Muifa in the early of the 15th when centered east-southeast of Manila, the Philippines. Muifa turned back onto a west-northwest heading and intensified. It reached typhoon intensity on the 17th just prior to beginning a two-day clockwise loop. Late on the 18th, Muifa's intensity peaked at 130 mph (115 knots), still to the east of the Philippines. Unding, as PAGASA named it, made landfall very late on the 19th near Naga City with maximum winds of 80 mph (70 knots). The storm briefly lost typhoon strength for a day until it regained typhoon intensity in the South China Sea on the 21st. Muifa held onto typhoon status until late on the 23rd when its weakened to a tropical storm once more....
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