Typhoon Rai

Typhoon Rai, known in the Philippines as Typhoon Odette, was a tropical cyclone over the South China Sea which recently passed through the Philippines. It also traveled to Vietnam.

Typhoon Rai (Odette)

Typhoon (JMA scale)
Category 5 super typhoon (SSHWS)
Typhoon Rai at its first peak intensity while approaching the Philippines on December 16
Formed	December 12, 2021
Dissipated	December 22, 2021
Highest winds	10-minute sustained: 195 km/h (120 mph) 1-minute sustained: 260 km/h (160 mph)
Lowest pressure	915 hPa (mbar); 27.02 inHg
Fatalities	410 total, 80 missing
Damage	> $794.72 million (2021 USD) (Third-costliest in Philippine history)
Areas affected	Federated States of Micronesia Palau Philippines (especially Mindanao, Visayas, and Mimaropa in Luzon) Spratly Islands Vietnam South China Hong Kong Macau
Part of the 2021 Pacific typhoon season

Rai caused severe and widespread damage throughout the Southern Philippines, killing at least 376. ^[1]

Retirement

On February 2022 PAGASA decided that the name of Odette, will never be used in naming from its rotation annual typhoon names, rampaging the northeastern Mindanao. Causing P1 billion, And replaced the name with Opong in 2025 name list.