Tropical Storm Tapah (2025)

Severe Tropical Storm Tapah, known in the Philippines as Tropical Depression Lannie, was a strong tropical cyclone that impacted Hong Kong, Macau, and South China in early September 2025. The sixteenth named storm of the 2025 Pacific typhoon season, Tapah originated from a low-pressure area west-southwest of Vigan, Ilocos Sur, on September 4. Two days later, as the area intensified into a tropical depression within the Philippine Area of Responsibility (PAR), PAGASA named it Lannie; JTWC soon followed, designated it Tropical Depression 22W. At 21:00 JST (12:00 UTC), the Japan Meteorological Agency (JMA) classified 22W as a tropical storm and named it Tapah. Moving northwestward, Tapah was upgraded to a severe tropical storm early on September 8 before making landfall on Xiachuan Island at 07:00 CST (23:00 UTC). Shortly thereafter, it rapidly strengthened into a Category 1-equivalent typhoon and made a second landfall over Taishan, Guangdong, an hour later. Interaction with rugged terrain caused the system to quickly weaken, and it was last noted over Guilin, Guangxi, on September 9.