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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.
Typhoon Morakot, also known as Kiko, produced severe flooding in parts of the Philippines that left 26 people dead. In the Philippines , ten villages (Paudpod, San Juan, Batonloc, Carael, Tampo, Paco, San Miguel, Bining, Bangan, and Capayawan) have been submerged in 4-to-5-foot-deep (1.2 to 1.5 m) floods after the Pinatubo Dike overflowed. [ 34 ]
The 2009 Pacific typhoon season was a below average season that spawned only 22 named storms, 13 typhoons, and five super typhoons. Despite this, it was a very deadly season, with the Philippines having experienced its deadliest season in decades due to the impact of typhoons Ketsana and Parma, while typhoon Morakot went on to become the deadliest storm to impact Taiwan in its modern history.
Typhoon Parma, known in the Philippines as Super Typhoon Pepeng, was the second-wettest typhoon to affect the Philippines, and the second typhoon to affect the country within the span of a week during September 2009.
April 30–May 1, 2009: Tropical Depression Crising and its outer rain bands caused flooding over Southern Luzon with vast damages for crops. May 2–3, 2009: Tropical Storm Kujira (Dante) causes agricultural damage in most of the Bicol Region. May 7, 2009: Typhoon Chan-hom (Emong) makes landfall over Pangasinan.
Typhoon Mirinae (pronounced [mi.ɾi.nɛ̝]), known in the Philippines as Typhoon Santi, was the 34th depression and the 14th typhoon in the 2009 Pacific typhoon season.It came several weeks after Typhoons Ketsana and Parma devastated the Philippines, thus adding additional damage wrought by the two preceding typhoons.
Rescue teams evacuated stranded residents on rubber rafts as typhoon Doksuri left behind severe floods in villages in the Philippines. Footage shows a crew rowing on the inflatable boat to rescue ...
1200 UTC — The JMA reports that a Tropical depression has formed about 960 km/h (600 miles) to the southeast of Manila, in the Philippines. 1200 UTC — The JTWC issues its final advisory on Tropical Depression 03W. They also report that Tropical Depression 04W has formed about 960 km/h (600 miles) to the southeast of the Philippines. [23]