Typhoon Fung-wong (2008)

Typhoon Fung-wong (2008)

Typhoon Fung-wong (International designation: 0808, JTWC designation: 09W, PAGASA name: Igme) was a deadly typhoon in the 2008 Pacific typhoon season which made landfall on the Philippines and China. Typhoon Fung-wong reached peak intensity of a Category 2 typhoon on the Saffir-Simpson Hurricane Scale by the Joint Typhoon Warning Center with peak winds of 95 knots (176 km/h). Damage was extensive in Taiwan, hitting little more than a week later than Typhoon Kalmaegi, but a specific cost is unknown, though later estimated at 541 million (2008 USD).