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The storm damaged 2,703 homes, including 215 that were destroyed. Damage totaled about $2.4 million (₱124 million PHP). 35 people died from the storm. July 2–3, 2002: Typhoon Rammasun (Florita) enhances the southwest monsoon, which caused several landslides, leading to more than 3,000 people had to evacuate. [6]
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.
2 7.8 Tectonic Luzon Island: July 16, 1990 1621 1000 More than 3000 ₱10 billion 3 7.5 Tectonic Luzon Island: November 30, 1645 More than 600 More than 3000 Unknown: 4 7.3 Tectonic Casiguran, Aurora: August 2, 1968 271 261 5 7.2 Tectonic Bohol & Cebu: October 15, 2013 222 8 796 ₱4 billion (est.) [8] 6 7.1 Tectonic Mindoro: November 15, 1994 ...
There was also powerful storm surge of over 3 meters across the highest storm surge warnings, which caused significant coastal inundation and damage to coastal communities.
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] On the western coast of Samar, the storm surge was not as significant. [68]
At least 13 people have died in the Philippines due to tropical storm Yagi, while schools and government offices were closed in Manila and nearby provinces on Tuesday because of expected bad weather.
The storm killed at least 14 people in the central city of Naga and one each in Palanas town in Masbate and Bagamanoc town in Catanduanes, the Bicol regional civil defence office said in a ...
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.