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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.
November 11, 2020: Typhoon Vamco (Ulysses) caused the worst flooding in Metro Manila since 2009. 98 people were killed and damages of ₱20.3 billion (US$421 million), the sixth costliest Philippine typhoon on record. December 18–19, 2020: Tropical Depression Vicky caused flooding and several landslides over southern Philippines. Nine people ...
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.
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 typhoon has finally moved away from the Philippines, leaving at least seven people dead, mostly due to floods or toppled trees, and forcing the closures of several seaports, stranding thousands ...
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 ...
More than 400,000 people in the Philippines were forced to flee their homes as powerful typhoon Man-yi slammed into the eastern island province of Catanduanes wrecking houses and causing towering ...
There, flooding forced 3,500 people to evacuate their homes. In the Philippines, the storm killed 35 people and caused $3.3 million in damage. [nb 1] After affecting the Philippines, the tropical depression dissipated in the South China Sea, although it reformed on August 15. It moved northwestward, strengthening into Tropical Storm Vongfong.