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Brace yourselves everyone, another typhoon is coming… and always will be coming to us.
This might be morbid, but here are the 10 deadliest recorded typhoons that ravaged the Philippines. Note that some strong typhoons should have been in the list but happened some 100 years ago that the numbers are really fuzzy to include.
Stay safe!
The ferry MV Princess of the Stars capsized off the coast of San Fernando, Romblon at the height of Typhoon Frank, killing more than .
Death Toll: ~938 dead
Wind Speed: 205 kilometers per hour
Region Affected: Luzon, Visayas
Frank is now retired and replaced by the name Ferdie.
Sisang was the worst typhoon that struck the Philippines in 17 years, since Yoling (Patsy) in 1970.
Death Toll: ~979 dead
Wind Speed: 270 kilometers per hour
Region Affected: Luzon
Sisang is now retired and replaced by the name Sendang.
Amy’s landfall coincided with the eruption of Mt. Hibok-Hibok on Camiguin Island, causing disruption to volcanic relief operations and displacing evacuees who evacuated due to the volcanic eruption.
Death Toll: ~991 dead
Damage: $30 million US dollars (1951 exchange rate)
Wind Speed: 220 kilometers per hour
Region Affected: Visayas
Death Toll: ~995 dead
Wind Speed: 220 kilometers per hour
Region Affected: Bicol
Death Toll: ~1200 dead
Damage: 1.6 billion pesos
Wind Speed: 95 kilometers per hour
Region Affected: Mindanao
Sendong is now retired and replaced by the name Sarah.
Death Toll: ~1440 dead
Damage: $1 billion or 16.7 billion pesos (1984 exchange rate)
Wind Speed: 230 kilometers per hour
Region Affected: Northern Mindanao
Nitang is now retired and replaced by the name Ningning.
Not long after Winnie devastated the Philippines, the country was struck by another, more powerful tropical cyclone – Typhoon Yoyong (Nanmadol) killed 70 people.
Death Toll: ~1500 dead/missing
Damage: 678 million pesos
Wind Speed: 55 kilometers per hour
Region Affected: Southern Luzon
Winnie is now retired and replaced by the name Warren.
Typhoon Pablo was considered as the strongest cyclone to ever hit Mindanao.
Death Toll: ~1100 dead, 800 missing
Damage: 42 billion pesos
Wind Speed: 280 kilometers per hour
Region Affected: Mindanao
Pablo is now retired and replaced by the name Pepito.
Though Uring’s wind speed was weak, it was the tremendous rainfall it produced. It also struck the Philippines just 5 months after the eruption of Mt. Pinatubo.
Death Toll: 5000 – 8000 dead/missing
Damage: About $27.67 million or 1.23 billion pesos (1991 exchange rate)
Wind Speed: 85 kilometers per hour
Region Affected: Visayas
Uring is now retired and replaced by the name Ulding.
Supertyphoon Yolanda is the deadliest typhoon that struck the Philippines and considered as one of the most powerful cyclones ever recorded.
Death Toll: ~6340 dead, ~1061 missing
Damage: 89 billion pesos
Wind Speed: 315 kilometers per hour
Region most affected: Eastern Visayas
Yolanda is now retired and replaced by the name Yasmin.
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