Typhoon Kong-rey (2024)
| Typhoon (JMA scale) | |
|---|---|
| Category 5 super typhoon (SSHWS) | |
| Formed | October 24, 2024 |
| Dissipated | November 6, 2024 |
| Highest winds | 10-minute sustained: 185 km/h (115 mph) 1-minute sustained: 260 km/h (160 mph) |
| Lowest pressure | 925 hPa (mbar); 27.32 inHg |
| Fatalities | 3 |
| Part of the 2024 Pacific typhoon season | |
Typhoon Kong-rey or also known as Super Typhoon Leon was category 5 powerful tropical cyclone, that swept the north Philippines particularly in extreme Northern Luzon, after Tropical Storm Kristine, It is the nineteenth typhoon of the Pacific Ocean, and the twelfth typhoon in the annual set of the Philippines by the third week of October in 2024.[1]
Meteorological
In October 24, after the impact of Severe Tropical Storm Kristine in Northern Luzon, the circulation formed as low pressure area in Guam according to the JMA and the JTWC. Approaching in the islands of Batanes.[2]
Retirement
On February 2025 PAGASA decided that the name of Leon, decommissioned from its rotating annual list, along with Aghon, Enteng and Julian, that hit Extreme northern luzon. Causing P1 billion due to Tropical Storm Kristine. And replaced the name with Lekep in 2028 annual list.
Typhoon Storm Warning Signal
| PSWS | LUZON |
|---|---|
| PSWS #5 | Basco, Batanes |
| PSWS #4 | Itbayat, Batanes |
| PSWS #3 | Calayan, Cagayan |
| PSWS #2 | nalalabing Cagayan, nalalabing Isabela |
| PSWS #1 | Abra, Apayao, Ilocos Norte, Ilocos Sur, Kalinga, La Union, Mountain Province |
| Preceded by Kristine |
Replaced Lekep (unused) |
Succeeded by Marce |