WORST TYPHOONS OF THE VISAYAN ISLANDS, PHILIPPINES
(1947 - 2002)
           
           
       NAME PERIOD OF OCCURRENCE
HIGHEST WIND SPEED RECORDED
PLACE RECORDED
DEATHS
DAMAGE IN BILLION PESOS
   
     
1.   URING (Thelma) 1

November 2-7, 1991
095 kph

Tacloban
5,101-8,000+

1.045

2.   NITANG (Ike)

August 31-September 4, 1984
220 kph
Surigao
1,363-3,000

4.100
3.   RUPING (Mike) 2 November 10-14, 1990
220 kph
Cebu
748
10.846
4.   UNDANG (Agnes) 4 November 3-6, 1984
230 kph
Tacloban
895
1.900
5.   AMY December 6-19, 1951
240 kph
Cebu
991
0.700
6.   YONING (Skip)
November 5-8, 1988
230 kph
over water
217
2.767
7.   TITANG (Kate) 3 October 16-23, 1970
095 kph
Cuyo Island
631
1.750
8.   PEPANG (Zack) October 26-30, 1995
150 kph
Tacloban
265
0.424
9.   NANANG (LingLing) November 6-9, 2001
090 kph
over water
236
3.200
10. MAMENG (Sybil)
September 27-October 1, 1995
120 kph
Sangley Pt.*
116
3.170
11. INING (Louise) 4
November 15-20, 1964
240 kph
Cebu
400
0.010
12. BISING (Nelson)
March 22-29, 1982
100 kph
Maasin, Leyte
288
0.590
13. NORMING (Faith)
December 9-12, 1998
120 kph
Borongan
33
1.061
14. ASIANG (Kit)
January 5-9, 1972
104 kph
Tacloban
209
0.145
15. OPENG (Vera)
November 18-24, 1973
090 kph
Guiuan, Samar
162
0.590
           
           

LEGEND:
1 - The deadliest storm in the country (also the deadliest natural disaster of the Philippines).
2 - The country's costliest typhoon up-to-date.
3 - Never passed directly over a Visayan Island but wrought havoc to Panay, Guimaras and Negros.
4 - Clocked an estimated 280-290 kph over water just before making landfall just south of Siargao Is., Surigao del Norte.
* - Sangley Point, Cavite

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:
> Romblon and Palawan were still part of Western Visayas until 1988 when they were included in the Southern Tagalog region.

> 10 of the 15 worst typhoons of the Visayas are also the worst in the Philippines. Half of the top 15 are tropical storms while half are severe typhoons or super typhoons.

> RUPING - this monstrous typhoon directly hit highly-urbanized cities of Cebu, Lapu-Lapu, Mandaue, Bacolod, Iloilo and the most densely populated provinces of Visayas and Mindanao affecting 1,010,004 families or total affected persons of 5,498,290.

> URING - although a weak tropical storm, it unleashed its fury in Leyte and Negros Occidental, creating flashfloods. Ormoc City, Leyte suffered the worst with almost ¾ of the city destroyed, killing more than 5,000 people with more than 2,000 missing and were presumed dead.

> INING - This short-lived super typhoon gave all its might through Surigao and subsequently destroying Cebu Harbor, and then later dissipated over Camarines Sur.

> NITANG - After passing through Surigao del Norte, Bohol and Cebu, the typhoon slightly weakened and dumped heavy rain in Negros Island unleashing a deluge of mud and thousands of logs to the municipalities of Kabankalan and Ilog in southern Negros Occidental. Floodwaters and mud killed more than 600 persons in that area alone.
           


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 (05.18.05).
           
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