List of Philippine typhoons (1963–1999)

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Typhoon Loleng (Babs) to the east of the Philippines in October 20, 1998 Babs 1998-10-20 1300Z.png
Typhoon Loleng (Babs) to the east of the Philippines in October 20, 1998

The Philippines is archipelagic country in Southeast Asia, located in the northwest Pacific Ocean. It consists of 7,641 islands. The country is known to be "the most exposed country in the world to tropical storms", with about twenty tropical cyclones entering the Philippine area of responsibility each year. In the Philippine languages, tropical cyclones are generally called bagyo. [1]

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Climatologically, in the Northwest Pacific basin, most tropical cyclones develop between May and October. However, the Philippines can experience a tropical cyclone anytime in the year, with the most storms during the months of June to September. This article includes any tropical cyclone of any intensity that affected the Philippines between 1963 and 1999.

1963–1969

1963

1964

1970s

1970:

October 13–14, 1970: Typhoon Joan (Sening) lashes Luzon and particularly Visayas, killing 770 total.

October 19–21, 1970: Typhoon Kate (Titang) was one of the tropical cyclones closest to form on the equator, makes landfall to Mindanao killing 631 people in total.

November 19–21, 1970: Typhoon Patsy (Yoling) made landfall in Luzon and killed 264 people.

1980s

1980

1981

1982

1983

1984

August 26–29, 1984: Tropical Storm June (Maring) made landfall in Luzon just days before Typhoon Ike (Nitang) made a more deadly and devastating landfalls.

September 1–4, 1984: Typhoon Ike (Nitang) devastated Visayas, Mindanao and some parts of Southern Luzon, Deaths from the typhoon is 1,474.

October 28–31, 1984: Severe Tropical Storm Warren (Reming) though didn’t make any landfalls, its outflow caused intense rainfall over parts of Visayas, Palawan and Luzon. Killing 69 people.

November 5–7, 1984: Typhoon Agnes (Undang) made several landfalls across Visayas region, killing 895 people.

1985

1986

1987

Typhoon Sisang (Nina) at its peak strength prior to landfall on November 25, 1987 Nina 1987-11-25 0600Z.png
Typhoon Sisang (Nina) at its peak strength prior to landfall on November 25, 1987

1988

1989

1990s

1990

Typhoon Ruping (Mike) nearing landfall in the Philippines on November 12, 1990 Mike Nov 12 1990 0529Z.png
Typhoon Ruping (Mike) nearing landfall in the Philippines on November 12, 1990

1991

1992

1993

1994

1995

Typhoon Rosing (Angela) nearing the Philippines on November 2, 1995 Angela 1995-11-02 0500Z.png
Typhoon Rosing (Angela) nearing the Philippines on November 2, 1995

1996

1997

1998

Typhoon Zeb (Iliang) making landfall on Luzon on October 13, 1998 Typhoon Zeb 13 Oct 1998 2324z.png
Typhoon Zeb (Iliang) making landfall on Luzon on October 13, 1998

1999

Climatology

Storms Affecting the Philippines by month (1963-1999)
MonthNumber of Storms
January
3
February
1
March
2
April
6
May
4
June
15
July
20
August
16
September
20
October
29
November
19
December
13

Deadly storms

The following list are the deadliest storms that impacted the Philippines between 1963 and 1999. This list only includes typhoons that had death tolls exceeding 300. Only two storms exceeded death numbers above 1,000: Thelma (Uring) and Ike (Nitang). The total number of deaths recorded are only from the country itself.

RankNameYearNumber of Deaths
1 Thelma (Uring) 19915,081
2 Ike (Nitang) 19841,426
3 Nina (Sisang) 1987979
4 Angela (Rosing) 1995936
5 Agnes (Undang) 1984895
6 Joan (Sening) 1970768
7 Mike (Ruping) 1990748
8 Kate (Titang) 1970631
9 Irma (Anding) 1981585
10 Louise (Ining) 1964≥577
11 Flo (Kadiang) 1993576
12 Olga (Didang) 1976374
13 Babs (Loleng) 1998303
14T Emma (Welming) 1967300
14T Rita (Kading) 1978≥300

See also

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