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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.
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.
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.
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Typhoon Nock-ten (Nina) nearing the Philippines as a Category 5 super typhoon in December 2016. The Philippines is archipelagic country in Southeast Asia, located in the northwest Pacific Ocean. It consists of 7,641 islands. The country is known to be "the most exposed country in the world to tropical storms", with about twenty tropical ...
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Much of the Philippine capital remained underwater Thursday after deadly Typhoon Gaemi worsened torrential monsoon rains that lashed the country, trapping thousands of people in rising flood ...
After passing over Manila and emerging over the South China Sea, the typhoon made a second landfall in central Vietnam, also causing flooding and landslides there and in Thailand. The storm was responsible for at least 279 deaths, mostly in the Philippines and Vietnam, and at least $747 million (2006 USD) in damage.