Typhoon Danas (2025)
Danas approaching Chiayi County, Taiwan at near peak intensity early on July 6 | |
| Meteorological history | |
|---|---|
| Formed | July 3, 2025 |
| Remnant low | July 9, 2025 |
| Dissipated | July 11, 2025 |
| Typhoon | |
| 10-minute sustained (JMA) | |
| Highest winds | 140 km/h (85 mph) |
| Lowest pressure | 965 hPa (mbar); 28.50 inHg |
| Category 3-equivalent typhoon | |
| 1-minute sustained (SSHWS/JTWC) | |
| Highest winds | 185 km/h (115 mph) |
| Lowest pressure | 950 hPa (mbar); 28.05 inHg |
| Overall effects | |
| Fatalities | 10 |
| Injuries | 727 |
| Missing | 1 |
| Damage | >$243 million (2025 USD) |
| Areas affected | Philippines, Taiwan, Ryukyu Islands, South China, East China, Hong Kong, Macau |
| IBTrACS | |
Part of the 2025 Pacific typhoon season | |
Typhoon Danas, known in the Philippines as Typhoon Bising, was a strong and erratic tropical cyclone which impacted the Philippines, Taiwan and East China in early July 2025. The fourth named storm and first typhoon of the 2025 Pacific typhoon season, Danas originated from a disturbance about 550 km (340 mi) east-southeast of Hong Kong on July 4. The Joint Typhoon Warning Center (JTWC) subsequently classified the system as a tropical depression and designated it 05W, while the Philippine Atmospheric, Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration (PAGASA) assigned the name Bising. Later that day, the JTWC upgraded the system to a tropical storm as it began developing a central dense overcast (CDO) and the Japan Meteorological Agency (JMA) named it Danas. On July 5, the JMA further upgraded the storm into a severe tropical storm as it intensified under favorable conditions.
The JMA designated Danas a typhoon just hours before it made landfall at peak intensity in Chiayi County, Taiwan on July 6. It became the first typhoon to strike Taiwan's central western coast since Typhoon Wayne in 1986, the first on record to have its landfall in Chiayi County as a typhoon, and the 2025 season became the second in succession to feature a typhoon impacting Taiwan's western plains after Typhoon Krathon in the previous year. Rainfall warnings were issued for the entirety of Taiwan while the Republic of China Army deployed troops; transportation was disrupted in a major level. Warnings were also issued for Hong Kong, China, Thailand, and the Philippines.
In the Philippines, a child died in Las Piñas, 13,006 people were affected throughout the country, and one house was destroyed among 12 damaged houses. In Taiwan, eight deaths were caused due to car accidents, strong wind, and power outages. One fisherman was declared missing due to the storm. 726 people were injured across Taiwan and 880,000 households across Taiwan experienced power outages. The final damage toll from the storm in Taiwan amounted to NT$3.28 billion (US$113 million). A construction worker was killed on an artificial island to the northeast of Chek Lap Kok, Hong Kong.