The tenth named storm in the western Pacific that year , Morakot spawned Coming_to_be from an area of disturbed weather in the Philippine Sea on July 31 .

Morakot reached Achieve peak intensity later that day with winds of 85 km/h ( 50 mph ) and a minimum barometric pressure of 992 mbar ( hPa ; 28.29 inHg ) .

This intensity was held for several hours until less conducive atmospheric conditions slightly weakened the system ; this was followed Self_motion by Morakot making landfall on southern Taiwan on August 3 .

In Taiwan , where Morakot first made landfall Arriving , heavy rainfall resulted in flooding .

The worst impacted city was Quanzhou , where losses due to Morakot reached CN¥240 million ( US $ 29 million ) and one death was reported .

Overall , Morakot caused Causation roughly $ 31 million in damage and three deaths .

Fanapi made its first landfall Self_motion on September 19 over Hualien , Taiwan , becoming Becoming the first typhoon to hit Attack the island since Typhoon Morakot in August 2009 .

About 150,000 people evacuated Emptying their homes , and there were heightened Cause_change_of_position_on_a_scale preparations after the damaging effects Influence of Typhoon Morakot the previous year .