Typhoon Fung-wong (2025)

Typhoon Fung-wong, known in the Philippines as Super Typhoon Uwan, was an extremely large, powerful, and destructive tropical cyclone that struck the Philippines, Taiwan, and the Ryukyu Islands of Japan in early November 2025. The twenty-sixth named storm and twelfth typhoon of the 2025 Pacific typhoon season, Fung-wong originated from a broad low-pressure area northeast of Chuuk on November 4. It gradually organized over the following days before undergoing rapid intensification on November 8 under increasingly favorable atmospheric conditions.

The Japan Meteorological Agency (JMA) classified the system as a typhoon on November 7, and early the next day, the Philippine Atmospheric, Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration (PAGASA) upgraded it to a super typhoon. Shortly after, the Joint Typhoon Warning Center (JTWC) assessed Fung-wong as a Category 4-equivalent typhoon. Shortly before making landfall in Dinalungan, Aurora, on the evening of November 9. After crossing Luzon, it weakened and re-emerged over the West Philippine Sea before recurving towards Taiwan, where it made landfall in Hengchun Township, Pingtung County, as a tropical storm on November 12. Fung-wong then weakened further before dissipating on November 13. It was the first storm to make landfall in Taiwan in November since Typhoon Gilda in 1967, and the second storm to strike Taiwan's western plains in 2025 since Typhoon Danas in July.

Fung-wong made landfall in the Philippines just five days after the deadly Typhoon Kalmaegi had battered central parts of the country, exacerbating recovery efforts. The storm brought widespread flooding and intense winds along its path, particularly across the Bicol Region and Northern Luzon. In total, it caused at least 33 deaths and 52 injuries in the Philippines, mostly from floods and landslides, while one death and 95 injuries were reported in Taiwan.