Typhoon Patsy

Last updated July 02, 2023

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A tropical disturbance was spotted south-southeast of Wake Island on November 10 close to the International Date Line and moved west. Warm waters and weakened shear allowed the storm to organize into Tropical Depression 27W on November 14 near the Marianas Islands. A strong ridge to its north forced it westward, where it upgraded to tropical storm status later on November 14, receiving the name Patsy.^[2]

When Patsy was just barely above the threshold of tropical storm-strength, it slowed and passed just north of Saipan. Patsy continued to steadily intensify, reaching typhoon strength on November 16, 200 miles (322 km) northwest of Guam. The typhoon peaked at 155 mph (250 km/h) on November 18.^[2]

Its inflow became disrupted by the Philippines to its west, and Patsy hit Luzon on November 19 with winds of 130 mph (210 km/h), making it the 3rd strong typhoon to strike the island since September and made a direct hit over the National Capital Region of Metro Manila, then known as the Greater Manila area, catching many offguard. After crossing the Philippines and weakening to a Category 2, Patsy traversed the South China Sea, where cooler waters kept the system from strengthening. This caused the cyclone to continue a weakening trend until it was downgraded to a tropical storm on November 20. On November 22, Patsy struck Vietnam as a 45 mph (70 km/h) tropical storm, and dissipated soon after.^[2]

Impact

Patsy killed 262 people, injured 1,756, with another 351^[4] missing. Damage totals came in at US$80 million (US$403 million in 2005), mostly in the Philippines.

Philippines

Typhoon Patsy was one of the deadliest typhoons to strike the Philippines in its history. 106 people were killed (with 351 others missing) on the island, and 135 people were killed at sea from shipping failures. The USS President Taft was separated from its anchorage and collided with the Alikimon , a Greek vessel, while in Manila Bay. Another two ships were blown ashore in the Bay. On land, 31,380 of the refugees' homes were either destroyed or damaged.^[2] The mass destruction caused in the Metro Manila National Capital Region, then known as the Greater Manila area, mainly by many being caught almost totally unprepared, destroyed many power lines and well into the next month, where many areas in the metropolis still waiting for electric power to be restored.

Records

Patsy was the deadliest tropical cyclone to strike Manila since the establishment of the Philippine Weather Bureau in 1865 until 2009 when Typhoon Ketsana (Ondoy) affected the Philippine capital Manila, along with nearby provinces.^[2]

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References

↑ "PAGASA names, 1963–1988" . Retrieved June 5, 2006.
1 2 3 4 5 6 "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2011-06-07. Retrieved 2011-06-07.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
↑ "1970 Hurricane/Tropical Data for Western Pacific". Archived from the original on June 18, 2006. Retrieved July 8, 2006.
↑ nah7300.tmp Archived 2011-06-07 at the Wayback Machine

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[PAGASA_name-1] "PAGASA names, 1963–1988" . Retrieved June 5, 2006.

[Patsy_report-2] 1 2 3 4 5 6 "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2011-06-07. Retrieved 2011-06-07.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)

[index-3] "1970 Hurricane/Tropical Data for Western Pacific". Archived from the original on June 18, 2006. Retrieved July 8, 2006.

[chapter4-4] 7300.tmp Archived 2011-06-07 at the Wayback Machine

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v t e Typhoon names retired by PAGASA
1960s	Dading Welming
1970s	Pitang Sening Titang Yoling Wening Didang Unding Atang Kading
1980s	Nitang Undang Katring Herming Sisang Unsang Yoning
1990s	Ruping Uring Monang Rosing Iliang Loleng
2000s	Nanang Harurot Unding Violeta Winnie Milenyo Reming Cosme Frank Feria Ondoy Pepeng
2010s	Juan Katring Bebeng Juaning Mina Pedring Sendong Pablo Labuyo Santi Yolanda Glenda Jose Mario Ruby Seniang Lando Nona Karen Lawin Nina Urduja Vinta Ompong Rosita Usman Tisoy Ursula
2020s	Ambo Quinta Rolly Ulysses Jolina Maring Odette Agaton Florita Karding Paeng