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Typhoon Roy, known in the Philippines as Typhoon Asiang, [1] was the second-most intense January tropical cyclone on record in the Western Pacific basin. Forming out of an area of disturbed weather on January 7, 1988, Roy quickly intensified as it moved through the Marshall Islands .
Tropical Storm Roy (1984) – a weak tropical storm that affected the Mariana Islands. Typhoon Roy (1988) (T8801, 01W, Asiang) – the second-most intense January Pacific typhoon on record; caused widespread damage on Guam and on Rota in the Mariana Islands. The name Roy was retired following the 1988 typhoon season and was replaced with Ryan
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 ...
Typhoon Roy, which crossed the open Western Pacific as a Category 4 typhoon in January, caused moderate to extensive damage across the Federated States of Micronesia and the Philippines, causing $23.5 million (1988 USD) but only one death.
Typhoon Pongsona also left 65% of the island's water wells inoperable, [68] with most of Guam left without water service following the storm. [69] Officials estimate the typhoon destroyed 1,300 homes, severely damaged 1,825, and lightly damaged 4,800. [70] Damage totaled over $700 million (2002 USD, $1.19 billion 2025 USD).
June 29–30, 1964: Typhoon Winnie (Dading) passes over Southern Luzon and Metro Manila, with Manila experiencing the worst typhoon since 1882.Approximately 500,000 people were rendered homeless in the Manila area and in the central provinces of Luzon following the razing of thousands of homes; [2] 10 people were killed by flooding in the capital. [3]
[48] [49] Four sets of tropical cyclone names are rotated annually with typhoon names stricken from the list should they do more than 1 billion pesos worth of damage to the Philippines and/or cause 300 or more deaths. [50] [51] Should the list of names for a given year prove insufficient, names are taken from an auxiliary list. [50]
Typhoon Roy (1988) (T8801, 01W, Asiang) – caused widespread damage on Guam and on Rota in the Mariana Islands; at its peak, sustained winds reached 135 mph (215 km/h) Typhoon Bobbie (1992) (T9203, 02W, Asiang) – struck southeast Japan, damage reached 371.8 million yen ($2.9 million) Tropical Depression Asiang (1996)