Typhoon Soulik Makes Landfall

Date: July 13, 2013 • Location: Puli, Taiwan, Province of China

Typhoon Soulik (pictured) made landfall in East China and Taiwan, killing at least 20 people.

Typhoon Soulik, known in the Philippines as Typhoon Huaning, was a powerful tropical cyclone that caused widespread damage in Taiwan and East China in mid-July 2013. It is the seventh named storm and the first typhoon of the 2013 Pacific typhoon season. The storm originated from an upper-level cold-core low well to the northeast of Guam on July 6. Gaining tropical characteristics, the system soon developed a surface low and became a tropical depression early on July 7.