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Typhoon Ketsana, known in the Philippines as Tropical Storm Ondoy, was the second-most devastating tropical cyclone of the 2009 Pacific typhoon season, causing $1.15 billion in damages and 665 fatalities, only behind Morakot earlier in the season, which caused 956 deaths and damages worth $6.2 billion. Ketsana was the sixteenth tropical storm ...
In September 2009, Typhoon Ondoy, internationally known as Typhoon Ketsana, wreaked havoc across the Philippines. This tropical storm, which formed on September 23, 2009, and dissipated by September 30, 2009, was one of the most devastating cyclones of the 2009 Pacific typhoon season.
When tropical storm Ondoy, internationally known as Ketsana, hit Metro Manila, it poured more than a month’s worth of average rainfall for the area in just 12 hours, according to National Operational Assessment of Hazards (NOAH).
Ondoy is one of the worst natural disasters to hit the country in terms of number of people affected. With combined heavy rains and strong winds, Ondoy affected 993,227 families or 4,901,234 ...
Satellite images, weather maps and tracks of Typhoon Ketsana 2009, 25 - 29 September. Max wind speed 165km/h.
Ondoy, known internationally as Ketsana, dumped a month’s worth of rain over parts of Metro Manila and nearby provinces in just six hours. Ten years to the day, the memories of that disaster are still vivid in many people’s minds.
MARIKINA residents often describe the day Tropical Storm “Ondoy” (international name: “Ketsana”) battered their city seven years ago, as if it were “the end of the world.”
Disaster description. Ketsana, known locally as "Ondoy," which struck on 26 September, came at a particularly bad time for the Philippines. Three previous typhoons had saturated affected areas ...
For 24 hours last Saturday, Typhoon Ondoy dumped 455 millimeters of rain (double the volume brought to New Orleans by Hurricane Katrina) on Luzon, causing massive floods in Metro Manila and the adjoining regions, destroying lives and property, and creating anguish and devastation in the metropolis.
Typhoon Ondoy affected 993,227 families and resulted in 464 deaths, 529 injuries, and 37 people remaining missing, according to the National Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Council (NDRRMC). An estimated P11 billion in damages to infrastructure and agriculture was caused by the typhoon.