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230 km/h

After undergoing an eyewall replacement cycle and developing a pinhole eye, Gaemi rapidly intensified and peaked at Category 4-equivalent intensity on the Saffir-Simpson scale at 21:00 UTC on July 23, with 1-minute sustained winds of 230 km/h (145 mph). The JMA reported that Gaemi reached its peak intensity at 06:00 UTC on July 24, with 10-minute sustained winds of 165 km/h (105 mph) and a central pressure of 935 hPa (27.61 inHg).

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10 - 100

> 100 M USD

-On July 24, the third and highest alarm was raised on the Marikina River, prompting evacuations.
-Strong water currents along the river also caused several barges to collide into the F. Manalo Bridge in Pasig.
-In Taguig, floodwaters reached waist-level.[62] Houses in coastal villages of Orani, Bataan were inundated by floodwaters.
-Homes were also inundated by floodwaters in Samal, where rice and other crops received partial losses due to the flooding.
-Soil erosion occurred in Baguio, damaging a riprap.
-Strong winds impacted Olongapo, toppling electrical poles.
-A downed tree also blocked traffic in Quezon City.
-Several sections of the North Luzon Expressway were rendered impassable due to the torrential rain brought by the two weather conditions.
-Highways connecting Nueva Vizcaya with Benguet and Pangasinan were blocked by landslides, with 34 houses in Kayapa also damaged.
-Severe weather conditions forced vessels to remain in ports, stranding 70 people in Southern Tagalog and Bicol Region, combined.
-An additional 48 passengers were stranded in Pasacao, Camarines Sur.
-A total of 224 families were affected by the storm across Bataan, Camarines Sur, Iloilo City, Masbate, and Pampanga.
-A total of 1,215 schools were forced to postpone the start of the school year on July 29 due to damage or conversion into evacuation shelters.
-A state of calamity was declared in Metro Manila and in the provinces of Bataan, Batangas, Bulacan, Cavite, Ilocos Norte, Oriental Mindoro and Pampanga due to the widespread floods that occurred in various areas of the region.
-The oil tanker MT Terra Nova, carrying around 1.5 million liters of industrial fuel, capsized and sank in 34 m (112 ft) depth of water in Manila Bay off the coast of Limay, Bataan, causing an oil spill with a length of four kilometers.

As of August 26, 2024, the National Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Council reported that 6,498,918 people were affected by Gaemi, along with the impacts of the southwest monsoon and nearby Tropical Storm Prapiroon (Butchoy), resulting in 1,141,926 individuals displaced from their homes, 108 cities experiencing power outages, and 9,790 houses damaged.
At least 48 fatalities and five missing persons were reported, along with 16 injuries, while the agricultural damage reached US$121.47 million and infrastructure damage was estimated at US$89.06 million, leading to a total damage of US$210.53 million.