 Typhoon Soudelor , known in the Philippines as Typhoon Egay , was a powerful typhoon that underwent rapid deepening east of Taiwan in the 2003 Pacific typhoon season . It was the sixth named storm by the Japan Meteorological Agency ( JMA ) of the season , as well as the third typhoon . It formed on June 12 from a disturbance in the monsoon trough , located east of the Philippines . The system moved generally to the northwest after its genesis , gradually intensifying into a tropical storm . While offshore the Philippines , Soudelor dropped heavy rainfall that caused flooding and left thousands homeless . The storm caused $ 2 @.@ 46 million in damage , and 12 deaths . 
