Typhoon Damrey was a compact tropical cyclone Catastrophe , which became Becoming the strongest to affect Influence the area north of the Yangtze River since 1949 .

The name `` Damrey '' means `` elephant '' in Khmer , the official language of Cambodia .

Damrey developed Coming_to_be into a tropical storm Catastrophe north of the Tropic of Cancer on July 28 and drifted Motion slowly .

By late on July 30 , Damrey began Process_start to accelerate Cause_change_of_position_on_a_scale west-northwestward .

Damrey finally intensified Cause_change_of_strength into a typhoon early on August 2 , a half of day before it made landfall Self_motion over the northern Jiangsu .