DEADLIEST TYPHOONS OF THE PHILIPPINES
(1947-2006)
NAME
PERIOD OF OCCURRENCE
1. URING (Thelma)A
2. NITANG (Ike)
3. TRIX
4. AMY
5. SISANG (Nina)
6. ROSING (Angela)
7. UNDANG (Agnes)
8. SENING (Joan)
9. REMING (Durian) B
10. RUPING (Mike)
11. TITANG (Kate)
12. YOLING (Patsy)
13. KADIANG (Flo)
14. KADING (Rita)
15. ANDING (Irma)
16. WINNIE C
17. INING (Louise)
18. DIDANG (Olga)
19. MONANG (Lola)
20. WELING (Nancy)
November 2-7, 1991
August 31 – September 4, 1984
October 16-23, 1952
December 6-19, 1951
November 23-27, 1987
October 30-November 4, 1995
November 3-6, 1984
October 11-15, 1970
November 26-December 1, 2006
November 10-14, 1990
October 16-23, 1970
November 17-20, 1970
September 30-October 7, 1993
October 25-27, 1978
November 21-27, 1981
November 28-30, 2004
November 15-20, 1964
May 12-17, 1976
December 2-7, 1993
October 11-15, 1982
DEATHS
5,101(8,000+)*
1,363(3,000)*
995
991
979
936
895
768
754 (1,200)*
748
631
611
576
444
409
407
400
374
363
309
A
- only a Tropical Storm. The unusual high number of deaths was attributed to massive flash floods that swept across
parts of Leyte and Negros Occidental. Majority of deaths occurred in the city of Ormoc in Leyte after being
overwhelmed by a ten-foot flash flood in the mid-morning of Nov.5, 1991, spawned by a continuous torrential rainfall
occurring for a 10-12 hour period (about 140 mm in 6 hours)
B - rains from four earlier typhoons and the southwest monsoon has saturated the loose volcanic material at the slopes
of Mayon Volcano from its eruptions since 2001. Heavy downpour from Reming (Durian) further mobilized the
volcanic material and spread to wide areas along the slopes of the volcano, reprising the deadly lahars of the Feb.1,
1814 volcanic eruption that buried the famous Cagsawa Church in Albay killing 1,200.
C - a Tropical Depression only as categorized by PAGASA and Japan Meteorological Agency. The towns of Real,
Infanta and Gen.Nakar in Quezon and Dingalan in Aurora were swamped by series of log-laden flash floods and
landslides after two weeks of continuous rainfall brought by a typhoon and tropical storm that came after one another.
These towns occupy the narrow coastline at the foot of the Sierra Madre mountain range that provided them no escape
from the deluge but the stormy sea.
* Italicized numbers in parenthesis are UNOFFICIAL death tolls from various agencies other than NDCC
where missing persons are included as fatalities
Note: DINANG (Lee) last December 23-28, 1981 was initially on the list but further research reveals an official fatality
figure of 188 as compared to the earlier 2,764, hence was removed.