Rubuta ci gaba don wannan sakin layi - Typhoon Chan-hom, wanda aka sani a cikin Philippines a matsayin Typhoon Falcon, ya kasance babban, mai iko da kuma dogon lokaci mai zafi wanda ya shafi mafi yawan ƙasashe a yammacin Pacific basin. Guguwa ta tara da aka sanya wa suna a lokacin guguwar Pacific ta 2015
, Chan-hom ya samo asali ne a ranar 29 ga Yuni daga fashewar iska ta yamma wanda kuma ya haifar da Guguwar Tropical Raquel a kudancin duniya. Chan-hom sannu a hankali ya bunkasa yayin da yake motsawa zuwa arewa maso yamma, wanda ruwan dumi ya taimaka amma iska ta katse shi. Guguwar ta yi kusa da Tsibirin Marianas ta Arewa, ta wuce tsibirin Rota kafin ta fara tafiya a arewa maso yamma. Sa'ad da yake kusa da tsibirin, guguwar ta zubo da ruwan sama mai yawa a kan Guam da ke makwabtaka da shi, hakan ya jawo ambaliyar ruwa da kuma ƙaramin katsewar wutar lantarki. Chan-hom ya tsananta zuwa guguwa a ranar 7 ga Yuli, kuma bayan kwana biyu ya wuce tsakanin tsibirin Okinawa da Miyako-jima na Japan. A can, iska mai ƙarfi ta bar mutane 42,000 ba tare da wutar lantarki ba, yayin da mutane 27 suka ji rauni. A wannan lokacin, guguwar ta haifar da hauhawar ruwa a cikin raƙuman ruwa, tare da Guguwar Tropical Linfa, wanda ya haifar da ambaliyar ruwa kuma ya kashe mutane 16 a Philippines.