DEADLIEST TYPHOONS OF THE PHILIPPINES |
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(1947 - 2009) |
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| NAME | PERIOD OF OCCURRENCE | DEATHS |
1. URING (Thelma)A
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November 2-7, 1991
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5,101 (8,000+)* |
2. NITANG (Ike)
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August 31–September 4, 1984 | 1,363 (3,000)* |
| 3. TRIX | October 16-23, 1952 | 995 |
| 4. AMY | December 6-19, 1951 | 991 |
| 5. SISANG (Nina) | November 23-27, 1987 | 979 |
6. FRANK (Fengshen)B |
June 18–23, 2008 | 938 (1,501)* |
7. ROSING (Angela) |
October 30–November 4, 1995 | 936 |
| 8. UNDANG (Agnes) | November 3-6, 1984 | 895 |
| 9. SENING (Joan) | October 11-15, 1970 | 768 |
10. REMING (Durian)C
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November 26–December 1, 2006 | 754 (1,200)* |
11. RUPING (Mike) |
November 10-14, 1990 | 748 |
| 12. TITANG (Kate) | October 16-23, 1970 | 631 |
| 13. YOLING (Patsy) | November 17-20, 1970 | 611 |
| 14. KADIANG (Flo) | September 30-October 7, 1993 | 576 |
15. PEPENG (Parma)D |
September 30–October 11, 2009 | 492 |
16. ONDOY (Ketsana)E |
September 24–27, 2009 | 464 |
| 17. KADING (Rita) | October 25-27, 1978 | 444 |
| 18. ANDING (Irma) | November 21-27, 1981 | 409 |
19. WINNIE F
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November 28–30, 2004 | 401 |
| 20. INING (Louise) | November 15-20, 1964 | 400 |
A - Only a Tropical Storm . The unusual number of deaths was attributed to massive flashfloods in Leyte and Negros Occidental. Majority of deaths came from Ormoc City, Leyte in Nov. 5, 1991 after being submerged in a 10-feet flood spawned by a torrential rainfall for 10-18 hrs (140mm in 6 hours). |
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B - Simultaneous record-breaking floods in Panay plus the capsizing of ferry liner M/V Princess Of The Stars and widespread sinking of fishing fleets in the Visayan Sea contributed to the high number of fatalities. |
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C - Saturated volcanic material at Mayon Volcano's slopes by the Southwest Monsoon and four earlier typhoons, were mobilized by REMING sending lahars at populated villages on its slopes burying thousands. |
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D - A slow-moving typhoon criss-crossed Northern Luzon three times sending landslides in the Cordilleras and flooding in Pangasinan and Cagayan Valley for two weeks. |
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E - Only a tropical storm as it crossed Central Luzon, but record-breaking rainfall of 455mm in 24 hours fell over the NCR, Rizal, Bulacan and Laguna catching millions unprepared and marooned in widespread flooding. |
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F - A tropical depression only by PAGASA and JMA, sent muddy and log-laden floodwaters from the Sierra Madre and swamped coastal towns of Real, Infanta, Gen.Nakar (Quezon), and Dingalan (Aurora). |
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* Italicized numbers in parenthesis are UNOFFICIAL death tolls from various agencies other than NDCC where missing persons are included as fatalities. |
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Note: Typhoons DIDANG (Olga) of May 12-17, 1976 {Rank #18}; MONANG (Lola) of Dec. 2-7, 1993 {Rank #19}; and WELING (Nancy) of Oct. 11-15, 1982 {Rank #20} was removed from the list, as new entries (shown in BOLD FONTS) with higher casualties were reported. |
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> Information for this summary was taken from NDCC publications, and various historical archives. |
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Compiled by: Dominic Alojado, MD. with additional information by David Michael V. Padua of Typhoon2000.com. |
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| This edition (2010) was updated and uploaded on July 28, 2010. |
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