WORST TYPHOONS OF LUZON*, PHILIPPINES
(1947 - 2002)
           
           
       NAME PERIOD OF OCCURRENCE
HIGHEST WIND SPEED RECORDED
PLACE RECORDED
DEATHS
DAMAGE IN BILLION PESOS
   
     
1.   ROSING (Angela) 1

October 30-November 4, 1995
260 kph

Virac Radar
936

10.829

2.   LOLENG (Babs)

October 15-24, 1998
250 kph
Virac
303

6.787
3.   SENING (Joan) 2 October 11-15, 1970
275 kph
Virac
768
1.890
4.   SISANG (Nina) November 23-27, 1987
240 kph
Legazpi
979
1.119
5.   KADIANG (Flo) 3 September 30-October 7, 1993
130 kph
over water
576
8.752
6.   TRIX
October 16-23, 1952
215 kph
Legazpi
995
0.880
7.   YONING (Skip) November 5-8, 1988
230 kph
over water
217
2.767
8.   UNSANG (Ruby) October 21-28, 1988
215 kph
Virac
 157^
5.636
9.   ILIANG (Zeb) October 7-18, 1998
260 kph
over water
75
5.375
10. HERMING (Betty)
August 7-14, 1987
240 kph
Catarman
 200+
2.066
11. KADING (Rita)
October 25-27, 1978
185 kph
Virac
444
1.900
12. ANDING (Irma)
November 21-27, 1981
260 kph
Daet
409
0.650
13. SALING (Dot)
October 15-20, 1985
240 kph
Daet
118
2.133
14. MONANG (Lola)
December 2-7, 1993
170 kph
Virac
363
2.463
15. DINANG (Lee)
December 23-28, 1981
175 kph
Catarman
2,764
0.640
16. FERIA (Utor)
July 2-7, 2001
150 kph
over water
188
3.586
17. TRINING (Ruth)
October 16-31, 1991
204 kph
Laoag
82
3.072
18. YOLING (Patsy)
November 17-20, 1970
200 kph
Manila (MIA)**
611
0.460
19. DIDANG (Olga)
May 12-17, 1976
150 kph
Iba
374
1.160
20. MAMENG (Sybil)
September 27-October 1, 1995
140 kph
over water
116
3.170
           
           

LEGEND:
*   - Including the Batanes and Babuyan Islands, Mindoro and Marinduque but excludes, Palawan and Romblon.
** - Manila International Airport, now Ninoy Aquino International Airport.
1   - Probably the strongest typhoon in the Pacific rivaling Super Typhoon TIP in 1979.
2   - The typhoon with the strongest winds ever recorded over land which inflicted significant damage (although other typhoons have higher wind
        speed but did not hit land or inflict any damage).
3   - Crossed the island of Luzon twice. First entering Isabela and through Pangasinan out to South China Sea, and then curved back to enter La Union
        and through Northern Cagayan, out to the Philippine Sea.
^   - Majority of deaths came from inter-island liner M/V Doņa Marilyn that capsized at heavy seas between Northern Cebu and Masbate.

over water – typhoon's strongest winds were recorded while typhoon was still at sea but is closely approaching land.
Underlined figures - are courtesy of PAGASA.
Bold and italicized figures - are combined information courtesy of NDCC, reliefweb.com, Manila Bulletin, Reuters and Unisys.
The rest of the figures came from NDCC and/or Typhoon2000.com

           


NOTES:

> SENING, YOLING, ROSING - Three of the strongest typhoons in the Philippines passed over the capital, Manila.

> Ten of the 20 worst typhoons that hit Luzon made landfall at the Bicol Peninsula usually at Catanduanes, Camarines Norte, Camarines Sur,
    Albay and Sorsogon.

           


SOURCES: www.ndcc.gov.ph , www.pagasa.dost.gov.ph , www.typhoon2000.com, http://weather.unisys.com , www.reliefweb.com , www.npmoc.navy.mil/jtwc.html

 
Compiled by Dominic Alojado with additional information by David Michael V. Padua of Typhoon2000.com (06.22.05).
           
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