WORST TYPHOONS OF THE PHILIPPINES
(1947 - 2009)

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.   FRANK (Fengshen) 3
June 18-23, 2008
938**
13.321
172 (Roxas)
Eastern-Western Visayas, Romblon, Marinduque, CALABARZON, NCR, Central Luzon
 4.   NITANG (Ike)
August 31-September 4, 1984
1363***
4.100
220 (Surigao)
Surigao, Bohol, Cebu, Negros
 5.   REMING (Durian) 4
November 26-December 1, 2006
754****
5.086
320 (Virac)
Bicol, CALABARZON, Marinduque, Mindoro
 6.   RUPING (Mike)
November 10-14, 1990
748
10.846
220 (Cebu)
Northern Mindanao, Visayas
 7.   SISANG (Nina)
November 23-27, 1987
979
1.119
240 (Legazpi)
Bicol, Marinduque, CALABARZON
 8.   SENING (Joan) 5
October 11-15, 1970
768
1.890
275 (Virac)
Bicol, CALABARZON, NCR
 9.   PEPENG (Parma) 6
September 30-October 11, 2009
492
27.195
120 (PAGASA estimate at Cagayan)
Northern Luzon, Cordillera
 10. LOLENG (Babs)
October 15-24, 1998
303
6.787
250 (Virac)
Bicol, Central-Northern Luzon
 11. AMY
December 6-19, 1951
991
0.700
240 (Cebu)
Visayas
 12. UNDANG (Agnes)
November 3-6, 1984
895
1.900
230 (Tacloban)
Samar, Leyte, Panay
 13. TRIX
October 16-23, 1952
995
0.880
215 (Legazpi)
Bicol Region
 14. KADIANG (Flo)
September 30-October 7, 1993
576
8.752
130 (over water)
Northern-Central Luzon, Cordillera
 15. ONDOY (Ketsana) 7
September 24-27, 2009
464
11.121
85 (PAGASA estimate at Aurora)
NCR, CALABARZON, Central Luzon
 16. ILIANG (Zeb)
October 7-18, 1998
75
5.375
260 (Over water)
Northern Luzon
 17. UNSANG (Ruby)
October 21-26, 1988
157@
5.636
215 (Virac)
Bicol, Central-Northern Luzon
 18. HERMING (Betty)
August 7-14, 1987
200
2.066
240 (Catarman)
Northern Samar, Southern Bicol
 19. KADING (Rita)
October 25-27, 1978
444
1.900
185 (Virac)
Central Luzon
 20. SALING (Dot)
October 15-20, 1985
118
2.133
240 (Daet)
Northern Bicol, Central Luzon


LEGEND:

CALABARZON - Cavite, Laguna, Batangas, Rizal, Quezon.
* - Official estimates death toll up to 8,000; missing persons were presumed dead, some maybe devoured by sharks at Ormoc Bay & Camotes Sea.
** - Includes those who perished in the sinking of M/V Princess Of The Stars and various fishing fleets in the Visayan Sea.
*** - Deaths of up to 3,000 with many bodies buried under mudslides at Surigao del Norte and southern Negros Occidental.
**** - Official estimates death toll of up to 1,200; many of those unrecovered were buried under tons of lahar from Mayon Volcano.
@ - Excluded are the 100+ people killed when M/V Doņa Marilyn capsized at the coast of Masbate.
1 - Only a Tropical Storm.
2 - The typhoon unusually maintained winds of at least 240 kph for 60 hours, most of it while over land.
3 - Had a very erratic movement causing numerous forecasting errors catching millions off-guard at its path. Induced monsoon rains spawned floods in Western and Central Mindanao.
4 - The most powerful typhoon ever recorded by PAGASA, registering a 320-kph wind gust at Virac Weather Station before the anemometer was damaged. It erased the old record of
      275 kph, recorded during the passage of Super Typhoon SENING (Joan) in Oct 13, 1972 at the same station.
5 - A very large super typhoon with a radius covering the whole Philippines.
6 - Criss-crossed Northern Luzon making initial landfall at Cagayan, then looping back to landfall in Ilocos Norte, looped back again and entered Cagayan the second time.
7 - Brought record flooding in Antipolo, Cainta, Marikina, Quezon City, Manila, Pasig, and much of Metro Manila drowning hundreds, stranding millions.


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.

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Special thanks to: Mr. Adonis S. Manzan of Iloilo City and Mrs Imelda Ofalla of PAGASA Roxas City.

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


Compiled by: Dominic Alojado, MD. with additional information by David Michael V. Padua of Typhoon2000.com
           
This edition (2010) was updated and uploaded on July 29, 2010.

           
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