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At a Glance Mangkhut made its final landfall in southeastern China just southwest of Hong Kong Sunday, Sept. 16.

The northern Philippines took a direct hit from Mangkhut Saturday, Sept. 15, when it was a Category 5.

For a brief time, Mangkhut was 2018's strongest tropical cyclone anywhere in the world.

Mangkhut brought heavy rain and strong winds to Guam Monday, Sept. 10

Typhoon Mangkhut made its final landfall in southeastern China just south of Hong Kong Sunday, Sept. 16 after striking the northern Philippines as a Category 5 .

Landfall was reported by China Meteorological Administration around 5:00 p.m. Sunday, local time, on the coast of Jiangmen, Guangdong, just southwest of Hong Kong, with maximum sustained winds equivalent to a Category 2 hurricane.

Winds gusted as high as 92 mph in Tate's Cairn in Hong Kong and a gust just over 100 mph was recorded in Cheung Chau, near Hong Kong.

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Mangkhut struck the northern Philippines as the equivalent of a Category 5 on Sept. 15. Mangkhut is known as Ompong in the Philippines.

Destructive winds, flooding rain and mudslides were reported on Luzon. Dozens of people were killed by Mangkhut in the northern Philippines.

Baguio in western Luzon picked up more than 30 inches of rain.

Before Mangkhut hit the Philippines its maximum sustained winds reached a peak of 180 mph on Sept. 13.

That made it the strongest tropical cyclone so far in 2018 anywhere in the world, edging out Super Typhoon Jebi , which had maximum winds of 175 mph at the end of August.

Prior to reaching that strength, the center of Typhoon Mangkhut moved over Rota in the Mariana Islands on Monday, Sept. 10 with 105-mph winds.

Wind gusts in excess of 80 mph were reported in Guam. To the north in Saipan, wind gusts topped 60 mph.

Some roads were blocked by downed trees, and officials urged residents to stay home , according to the Pacific Daily News. Conditions were expected to improve by Tuesday, and forecasters were confident the storm didn't deal a worst-case blow to the island.

"We dodged a big one ," National Weather Service meteorologist Landon Aydlett told the Guam Daily Post.

Check back with weather.com for updates.

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