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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.
Typhoon Patsy, known in the Philippines as Typhoon Yoling, [1] was the twenty-seventh named storm, twelfth typhoon, and seventh super typhoon of the 1970 Pacific typhoon season. [ 2 ] On November 14, 1970, a tropical disturbance organized sufficiently to be designated a tropical depression.
Typhoon Joan, known in the Philippines as Super Typhoon Sening, [2] was the first of two super typhoons to strike the Philippines within a week in October 1970, the second being Super Typhoon Kate. Typhoon Joan is the fourth strongest typhoon [3] ever to affect the Philippines, just after typhoons Haiyan in 2013, Meranti in 2016, and Goni in 2020.
Typhoon Kate, known in the Philippines as Typhoon Titang, [1] was the second of two super typhoons to strike the Philippines within a week in October 1970, the first being Super Typhoon Joan. As a result, Kate produced heavy damage and over 631 casualties. At the time, Kate was one of the deadliest typhoons to strike the Philippines.
Since 1963, the Philippine Atmospheric, Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration (PAGASA) has assigned local names to a tropical cyclone should it move into or form as a tropical depression in their area of responsibility located between 135°E and 115°E and between 5°N-25°N, even if the cyclone has had an international name assigned to it.
Tropical Depression 07W, also known in the Philippines as Gading, was a tropical cyclone that formed in the Western Pacific Ocean during the 1970 Pacific typhoon season . It originated from a tropical depression that developed on July 25.
Typhoon Hester of October 1971 was regarded as one of the most destructive storms to strike Vietnam since 1944. [1] Developing as a tropical depression on October 18 near Palau, Hester gradually intensified as it moved westward towards the Philippines. Across the Philippines, Hester was responsible for six deaths and ₱5 million
The Philippines is a Typhoon (Tropical Cyclone)-prone country, with approximately 20 Tropical Cyclones entering its area of responsibility per year. Locally known generally as bagyo (), [3] typhoons regularly form in the Philippine Sea and less regularly, in the South China Sea, with the months of June to September being the most active, August being the month with the most activity.