WORST TYPHOONS OF THE PHILIPPINES
(1947 - 2006)

NAME
PERIOD OF OCCURRENCE
DEATHS
DAMAGE IN BILLION PESOS
HIGHEST WIND SPEED IN KPH (Place Recorded)
AREAS MOST AFFECTED
 1.   URING (Thelma) 1

November 2-7, 1991
5101*

1.045
95 (Tacloban)

Leyte, Negros

 2.   ROSING (Angela) 2

October 30-November 4, 1995
936
10.829
260 (Virac Radar)

Bicol Region, CALABARZON, NCR
 3.   REMING (Durian) 3
November 26-December 1, 2006
754**
5.086
320 (Virac)
Bicol, CALABARZON, Marinduque, Mindoro
 4.   NITANG (Ike)
August 31-September 4, 1984
1363***
4.1
220 (Surigao)
Surigao, Bohol, Cebu, Negros
 5.   RUPING (Mike) 4
November 10-14, 1990
748
10.846
220 (Cebu)
Surigao, Visayas
 6.   LOLENG (Babs)
October 15-24, 1998
303
6.787
250 (Virac)
Bicol, Central-Northern Luzon
 7.   SENING (Joan) 5
October 11-15, 1970
768
1.89
275 (Virac)
Bicol, CALABARZON
 8.   UNDANG (Agnes)
November 3-6, 1984
895
1.9
230 (Tacloban)
Samar, Leyte, Panay
 9.   SISANG (Nina)
November 23-27, 1987
979
1.119
240 (Legazpi)
Bicol, CALABARZON
 10. KADIANG (Flo)
September 30-October 7, 1993
576
8.752
130 (over water)
Northern-Central Luzon
 11. AMY
December 6-19, 1951
991
0.7
240 (Cebu)
Cebu, Negros
 12. TRIX
October 16-23, 1952
995
0.88
215 (Legazpi)
Bicol Region
 13. UNSANG (Ruby)
October 21-26, 1988
157
5.636
215 (Virac)
Bicol, Central-Northern Luzon
 14. KADING (Rita)
October 25-27, 1978
444
1.9
185 (Virac)
Central Luzon
 15. HERMING (Betty)
August 7-14, 1987
200
2.066
240 (Catarman)
Northern Samar, Southern Bicol
 16. SALING (Dot)
October 15-20, 1985
118
2.133
240 (Daet)
Northern Bicol, Central Luzon
 17. MILENYO (Xangsane)
September 25-30, 2006
110
6.610
180 (Legazpi)
Bicol, NCR, CALABARZON
 18. ANDING (Irma) 6
November 21-27, 1981
409
0.65
260 (Daet)
Bicol Region, Central Luzon
 19. ILIANG (Zeb)
October 7-18, 1998
75
5.375
260 (over water)
Northern Luzon
 20. FERIA (Utor)
July 2-7, 2001
188
3.586
150 (over water)
Northern Luzon, Cordillera


Legend:

CALABARZON - Cavite, Laguna, Batangas, Rizal, Quezon.
* - Official estimates death toll of up to 8,000; missing persons were presumed dead, some maybe devoured by sharks at Ormoc Bay and Camotes Sea.
** - Official estimates death toll of up to 1,200; many of those unrecovered were buried under tons of lahar from Mayon Volcano.
*** - Deaths of up to 3,000 were estimated with many bodies buried under mudslides at Surigao del Norte and southern Negros Occidental.
1 - Categorized only as a Tropical Storm.
2 - Considered one of the strongest and intense typhoons in the history of the Northwestern Pacific Ocean; the typhoon unusually maintained winds of at least 240 kph for 60 hours, most of it while over land.
3 - This storm rapidly intensified with more than 260 kph winds in less than 8 hours at the coastline of Bicol Peninsula; now the record holder as the strongest typhoon in the history of the Philippines.
4 - The costliest typhoon of the Philippines passing over the most populated provinces of the Philippines (Cebu, Negros Occidental and Iloilo). Highly urbanized cities of Lapu-Lapu, Mandaue, Cebu, Bacolod and Iloilo were directly hit by the center of the storm where more than 1,000,000 people experienced the passage of the large "eye".
5 - Sening held the record for the strongest typhoon for 36 years (1970-2006). It was a very large typhoon and was described to be "gigantic" in terms of its radius and cloud cover that spread over the entire Philippine archipelago.
6 - Produced a massive storm surge surprising the residents of Garchitorena, a coastal town in Northern Camarines Sur, killing more than 200 people.

over water – typhoon's estimated strongest winds were recorded while typhoon was still at sea but is closely approaching land.
           

Note: Damages registered in billions of Philippine Peso are not adjusted to current inflation rate.
           

Sources: Joint Typhoon Warning Center (JTWC), Philippine Atmospheric Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration (PAGASA), Japan Meteorological Agency (JMA), Unisys.com, NOAA-National Hurricane Center (NHC), Typhoon2000.com archives and records, Manila Bulletin, National Disaster Coordinating Council (NDCC), Reliefweb.com.

 
Compiled by: Dominic Alojado with additional information by David Michael V. Padua of Typhoon2000.com (Rev. 06.10.08).
           
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