Typhoon Koppu (2009)

This article is about the 2009 typhoon. For other storms of the same name, see List of storms named Koppu and List of storms named Nando.

Typhoon Koppu (Nando)
Typhoon Koppu at peak intensity near Hong Kong on September 14, 2009
Meteorological history
FormedSeptember 12, 2009
DissipatedSeptember 16, 2009
Typhoon
10-minute sustained (JMA)
Highest winds120 km/h (75 mph)
Lowest pressure975 hPa (mbar); 28.79 inHg
Category 1-equivalent typhoon
1-minute sustained (SSHWS/JTWC)
Highest winds140 km/h (85 mph)
Lowest pressure967 hPa (mbar); 28.56 inHg
Overall effects
Fatalities12 total
Missing9
Damage$313 million (2009 USD)
Areas affectedMacau, Hong Kong, China, Philippines
IBTrACS
Part of the 2009 Pacific typhoon season

Typhoon Koppu, known in the Philippines as Typhoon Nando was a moderately strong typhoon which struck China, Macau, and Hong Kong in mid September 2009. The twenty-fourth tropical depression, fifteenth named storm, and sixth typhoon of the 2009 Pacific typhoon season, Koppu formed from an area of convectional clouds about 370 km (230 mi) north of Palau.

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