RP’s deadliest typhoons

The Philippine Star 12/03/2004

Typhoon "Yoyong," which made landfall yesterday, is the 26th typhoon or tropical storm to hit the Philippines this year.

The archipelago of about 7,100 islands straddles Southeast Asia’s typhoon belt and is usually the first country hit by severe weather from the Pacific Ocean.

According to the government’s chief weather forecaster, Prisco Nilo, an average of 19 typhoons or tropical storms strike the Philippines every year.

Following is a list of the 10 deadliest typhoons or tropical storms to hit the country in recent decades:

• Dec. 6-19, 1951: Typhoon "Amy" kills 991. ("Amy" was the international code name.)

• Oct. 11-15, 1970: Super Typhoon "Sening" kills 768.

• Aug. 31- Sept. 4, 1984: At least 1,363 die as Typhoon "Nitang" hits.

• Nov. 3-6, 1984: Another 895 die in Typhoon "Undang."

• Nov. 23-27, 1987: Super Typhoon "Sisang" leaves 979 dead.

• Nov. 10-14, 1990: Super Typhoon "Ruping" causes almost P11 billion in damage, more than any other typhoon since 1947. It kills 748.

Nov. 2-7, 1991: Tropical Storm "Uring" kills an estimated 5,000 to 8,000, with about P1 billion in damage.

Sept. 30 - Oct. 7, 1993: Typhoon "Kadiang" leaves 576 dead and nearly nine billion pesos in damage.

Oct. 30 - Nov. 4, 1995: Super Typhoon "Rosing" kills 936 and

causes about 11 billion pesos in damage.

Oct. 15-24, 1998: More than 300 die from Super Typhoon "Pacing." Damage is nearly P7 billion.

At 2 a.m. yesterday, the eye of typhoon Yoyong was located based on satellite and surface data at 260 kilometers east of Virac, Catanduanes.

The storm has maximum sustained winds of 185 kilometers per hour near the center and gustiness up to 220 kph. It is forecast to move west northwest at 35 kph.

Public Storm Signal No. 4 was raised. This storm signal indicates that the storm has winds of 185 kph or more and that such a typhoon may cause extensive damage to coconut plantations, uproot large trees and severely damage residential and institutional buildings of mixed construction.

Storms as powerful as typhoon Yoyong may also disrupt electrical power distribution and communications services and cause heavy damage to communities.

All travel and outdoor activities should be canceled under these conditions and evacuation to safer shelters should be done beforehand because evacuation during a storm this powerful may be too late.

According to the Philippine Atmospheric, Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration (PAGASA) website www.pagasa.dost.gov, Luzon and Samar provinces will experience stormy weather and the coastal waters along these areas will be rough to very rough and dangerous to all types of seacraft.

The rest of Eastern Visayas will have rains and gusty winds and the coastal waters over these areas will be moderate to rough. The rest of the country will have cloudy skies with scattered rain showers.

Moderate to strong winds blowing from the northwest will prevail over the rest of Visayas and the coastal waters of these areas will be moderate to rough. Elsewhere, winds will be moderate blowing from the west and southwest with moderate seas. — AFP, Felix de los Santos

with the typhoons we have in our country, who needs population control?

kawawa naman mga tao na natamaan ng bagyo

yup, RIP nalang to the people killed by those deadly typhoons

Hay! grabe talaga ang disaster... naalala ko noon, maraming pamilya ang lumilikas sa bahay namin... maraming mga puno ng saging ang natutumba, bunga ng nyog na nalalagas... sayang, sira yong PC ko, kasi may mga larawan ako nascan doon na kinuha ko matapos si Unding at si Yoyong...

I really feel sorry for those who lost their loved ones and everything else...

hmmmm, im starting to think all of those illegal logging thats been happening in the Phillipines is catching up.....

Now , The estimated cost of the destruction in both Yoyong and Winnie is about 25 million dollars in agriculture and fisheries.

RIP to all those who passed away due to this horrible storm.

Actually, There were more than 1,000 people that are dead due to this two typhoons

CNN reported that almost 1,800 were killed.