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Typhoon Xangsane, known in the Philippines as Typhoon Milenyo, was a typhoon that affected the Philippines, Vietnam, and Thailand during the 2006 Pacific typhoon season. The name Xangsane was submitted by Laos and means elephant.
Tropical Depression Milenyo (2002) (18W) – crossed Luzon as a weak system, killing 35 and causing damage worth ₱171.6 million (US3.330 million). [1] Typhoon Xangsane (2006) (T0615, 18W, Milenyo) – struck Luzon as a powerful typhoon, killing at least 188 and causing US$153 million in damage; [2] later similarly affected Vietnam and Thailand.
Damage losses from the typhoon amounted to ₱1.58 billion (US$36.4 million), the majority resulting from agricultural damage. [ 18 ] August 16–19, 2013: Tropical Storm Trami (Maring) enhances the southwestern monsoon which brought torrential rainfall and extreme flooding over Metro Manila , and much of the northern part of the country.
The 2006 Pacific typhoon season was a ... Typhoon Xangsane (Milenyo) ... the typhoon caused further casualties as well as damage caused by the earlier Typhoon Cimaron
Since 1963, the Philippine Atmospheric, Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration (PAGASA) has assigned local names to a tropical cyclone should it move into or form as a tropical depression in their area of responsibility located between 135°E and 115°E and between 5°N-25°N, even if the cyclone has had an international name assigned to it.
That super typhoon — defined as having wind speed of above 240 kilometers per hour or 150 miles per hour — killed at least 62 people across Hainan, Guangdong, Guangxi and Yunnan provinces ...
Although the previous three typhoon seasons were below normal in the Western Pacific, this year is not, with 25 storms so far this season that have caused $25.2 billion in damage, ranking this ...
These included the Kamikaze, 1906 Hong Kong typhoon, 1922 Shantou typhoon and the 1934 Muroto typhoon. [ 2 ] The practice of retiring significant names was started during 1955 by the United States Weather Bureau in the Northern Atlantic basin, after hurricanes Carol , Edna , and Hazel struck the East Coast of the United States and caused a ...