Typhoon Saomai , known Know in the Philippines as Typhoon Juan , was considered Agree_or_refuse_to_act the most powerful typhoon on record to strike the east coast of the People 's Republic of China .

According to the Japan Meteorological Agency , Saomai was the seventh tropical storm and fifth typhoon of the season .

The name `` Saomai '' was submitted Submitting_documents by Vietnam , and is from the Vietnamese word for `` morning star '' ( `` sao Mai '' ) , a reference to the planet Venus .

Typhoon Catastrophe Saomai , known Know in the Philippines as Typhoon Osang , was a long-tracked and intense tropical cyclone that brought Bringing flooding rainfall in Japan and the Korean peninsula in September 2000 .

Saomai , the second strongest typhoon in the western Pacific in 2000 , developed Coming_to_be from an area of disturbed weather in open sea on August 31 .

Wind shear caused Causation a hiatus in Saomai 's strengthening phase , and as a result Saomai weakened Cause_change_of_strength back to a tropical storm as it tracked Motion northwest for the next few days .

Wind shear caused Causation a hiatus in Saomai 's strengthening phase , and as a result Saomai weakened Cause_change_of_strength back to a tropical storm as it tracked Motion northwest for the next few days .

Saomai 's remnants would move Motion into Russia before dissipating Dispersal three days later .

As a developing typhoon , the outer rainbands of Saomai affected Influence the Northern Mariana Islands and Guam , causing moderate damage .

Even before Saomai made landfall Self_motion on Okinawa , the typhoon caused Causation rough seas off the coast of Japan that resulted in Causation several shipping incidents .

As Saomai tracked Self_motion near China , its outer rainbands and strong waves prompted Causation the evacuation of 20,000 people and caused Causation record high stream heights .

Minor damage occurred Presence in North Korea , though the damage wrought by Typhoon Prapiroon earlier in the month was exacerbated by Saomai 's impacts .

In Russia , where the typhoon made landfall as an extratropical storm , nine people were killed Killing due to car accidents spurred Influence by rainfall caused by the Saomai .

Overall , Saomai 's effects resulted in Causation the death Death of 28 people and roughly US $ 6.3 billion in damage Damaging .