Typhoon Catastrophe Imbudo , known Know in the Philippines as Typhoon Harurot , was a powerful typhoon that struck Attack the Philippines and southern China in July 2003 .

The seventh named storm and fourth typhoon of the season , Imbudo formed Coming_to_be on July 15 to the east of the Philippines .

Favorable conditions allowed Preventing_or_letting Imbudo to intensify Cause_change_of_strength , gradually at first before undergoing rapid deepening on July 19 .

After reaching Arriving typhoon status , Imbudo strengthened Cause_change_of_strength further to peak 10–minute sustained winds of 165 km/h ( 105 mph ) on July 20 .

Once in the South China Sea , Imbudo re-intensified Cause_change_of_strength slightly before making Creating its final landfall in southern China near Yangjiang on July 24 , dissipating Dispersal the next day .

In the Philippines , Imbudo was the strongest typhoon in five years , causing Causation widespread flooding Motion and power outages in the Cagayan Valley for weeks .

Imbudo disrupted Hindering transportation across much of Luzon .