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Philippines, Taiwan, Japan - Tropical cyclones FUNG-WONG and KALMAEGI, update (GDACS, JTWC, NOAA South Asia, NDRRMC) (ECHO Daily Flash of 13 November 2025)

  • Tropical cyclone FUNG-WONG ("Uwan" in the Philippines) made landfall on 12 November around 12:00 UTC just north of the Checheng city, far southern Taiwan, with maximum sustained winds up to 83 km/h (tropical storm). On 13 November at 0:00, its centre was located over the northern Philippine Sea, approximately 100 km east of the coast of far northern Taiwan, with maximum sustained winds of 65 km/h.
  • According to NDRRMC, the passage of FUNG-WONG across the Philippines resulted in 25 fatalities, two missing, 30 injured people, approximately 955,100 displaced people and more than 4.67 million affected people.
  • FUNG-WONG is expected to continue northeastward over the southern Ryukyu islands, far southern Japan on 13-14 November, weakening into a tropical depression and dissipating.
  • Over the next 48 hours, heavy rainfall and strong winds are still forecast over most of Taiwan, the Ryukyu islands and the southern Kyushu island, Japan.
  • Moreover, the passage of the previous typhoon KALMAEGI over the Philippines (3-5 November) caused 214 fatalities, 125 missing, 502 injured, over 383,600 displaced people and around 4.26 million affected people.