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The following list are the deadliest storms that impacted the Philippines between 1963 and 1999. This list only includes typhoons that had death tolls exceeding 300. Only two storms exceeded death numbers above 1,000: Thelma (Uring) and Ike (Nitang). The total number of deaths recorded are only from the country itself.
Tracks of typhoons that affected the Philippines during late 2006. July 12–13, 2006: The outflow of Tropical Storm Bilis (Florita) brought torrential rainfall over Baguio and Manila. 14 people were killed. [9] July 18, 2006: Similar to the precursor storm, the outflow of Typhoon Kaemi (Glenda) produced rainfall over Luzon. [10]
The Philippines is a typhoon-prone country, with approximately twenty tropical cyclones entering its area of responsibility per year. Locally known generally as bagyo (), [3] typhoons regularly form in the Philippine Sea and less often, in the South China Sea, with the months of June to September being the most active, August being the month with the most activity.
A super typhoon ripped through Philippines’ largest island on Sunday, knocking down houses and sending more than half a million people to emergency shelters, as rare back-to-back storms cause ...
In the island of Leyte and Samar, PAGASA measured 5–6 m (16–20 ft) waves. [64] In Tacloban, Leyte, the terminal building of Tacloban Airport was destroyed by a 5.2 m (17 ft) storm surge up to the height of the second story. [65] Along the airport, a storm surge of 4 m (13 ft) was estimated. [66] Waves of 4.6 m (15 ft) were also estimated. [67]
While it was a Tropical Storm, Parma passed to the south of the westernmost state of Yap, battering the east coast of the main island with torrential rain and winds of up to 95 km/h (60 mph). As a result, Continental Micronesia cancelled its scheduled passenger flight to Guam, while the governor of Yap ordered that government employees stay at ...
The storm, locally called Kristine, passed through the northeastern provinces, prompting the government to shut public schools and offices on the island of Luzon, except those directly involved in ...
A storm surge of up to 1.9 metres (6 ft 3 in) affected Macau. About 21,000 homes lost power and 7,000 homes lost internet access, [83] and forty people were injured. For the first time in history, all casinos in Macau were closed. [84] The Macau International Airport cancelled 191 flights on Saturday and Sunday (September 15 and 16). [83]