DEADLIEST TYPHOONS OF THE PHILIPPINES |
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(1947 - 2006) |
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| NAME | PERIOD OF OCCURRENCE | DEATHS |
1. URING (Thelma)A |
November 2-7, 1991 |
5,101 (8,000+)* |
2. NITANG (Ike) |
August 31–September 4, 1984 |
1,363 (3,000)* |
| 3. TRIX | October 16-23, 1952 | 995 |
| 4. AMY | December 6-19, 1951 | 991 |
| 5. SISANG (Nina) | November 23-27, 1987 | 979 |
6. ROSING (Angela) |
October 30 – November 4, 1995 | 936 |
| 7. UNDANG (Agnes) | November 3-6, 1984 | 895 |
| 8. SENING (Joan) | October 11-15, 1970 | 768 |
9. REMING (Durian)B |
November 26–December 1, 2006 |
754 (1,200)* |
10. RUPING (Mike) |
November 10-14, 1990 | 748 |
| 11. TITANG (Kate) | October 16-23, 1970 | 631 |
| 12. YOLING (Patsy) | November 17-20, 1970 | 611 |
| 13. KADIANG (Flo) | September 30 - October 7, 1993 | 576 |
| 14. KADING (Rita) | October 25-27, 1978 | 444 |
| 15. ANDING (Irma) | November 21-27, 1981 | 409 |
16. WINNIE C |
November 28–30, 2004 |
407 |
| 17. INING (Louise) | November 15-20, 1964 | 400 |
| 18. DIDANG (Olga) | May 12-17, 1976 | 374 |
| 19. MONANG (Lola) | December 2-7, 1993 | 363 |
| 20. WELING (Nancy) | October 11-15, 1982 | 309 |
A - only a Tropical Storm . The unusual high number of deaths was attributed to massive flash floods that swept across parts of Leyte and Negros Occidental. Majority of deaths occurred in the city of Ormoc, Leyte after being overwhelmed a ten feet flashflood in the mid-morning of November 5, 1991, spawned by a continuous, torrential rainfall occurring for a 10-12 hour period (about 140 mm in 6 hours). |
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B - rains from four earlier typhoons and the southwest monsoon has saturated the loose volcanic material at the slopes of Mayon Volcano from its eruptions since 2001. Heavy downpour from Reming (Durian) further mobilized the volcanic material and spread to wide areas along the slopes of the volcano, reprising the deadly lahars of the Feb.1, 1814 volcanic eruption that buried the famous Cagsawa Church in Albay killing 1,200. |
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C - a Tropical Depression only as categorized by PAGASA and Japan Meteorological Agency. The towns of Real, Infanta and Gen.Nakar in Quezon and Dingalan in Aurora were swamped by series of log-laden flash floods and landslides after two weeks of continuous rainfall brought by a typhoon and tropical storm that came after one another. These towns occupy the narrow coastline at the foot of the Sierra Madre mountain range that provided them no escape from the deluge but the stormy sea. |
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* Italicized numbers in parenthesis are UNOFFICIAL death tolls from various agencies other than NDCC where missing persons are included as fatalities. |
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Note: DINANG (Lee) of December 23-28, 1981 was initially on the list but further research reveals an official fatality figure of 188 as compared to the earlier 2,764, hence was removed. |
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> This summary is taken from NDCC publications, and historical archives. |
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| Compiled by: Dominic Alojado with additional information by David Michael V. Padua of Typhoon2000.com [Rev. 06.10.08]. | ||