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The total economic losses to the nation were put at NT$75.5 million (US$2.6 million). [80] The Hengchun Township was completely inundated by the floodwaters after heavy torrential rain from Nanmadol. The rain was so heavy that a local said, "I never saw so much water in all my 60 years". [81]
The green-shaded part of the map receives year-round rainfall. The cause of the flooding had been blamed on a tail end of a "cold front". While the eastern part of the country experiences rain at this time of the year, the rains were particularly heavy, and were expected to be twice the regular amount. [5]
Typhoon Nalgae, known in the Philippines as Super Typhoon Quiel, was a powerful tropical cyclone that struck the Philippines, and it affected Hainan, China as a weak tropical storm. Nalgae was the eighth typhoon and the fourth super typhoon in 2011 .
It also struck the Philippines during late September 2011, killing 98 people. [ 2 ] [ 3 ] It is the 17th named storm, the 11th severe tropical storm, the 7th typhoon and overall, the 30th tropical cyclone to be monitored by the Japan Meteorological Agency (JMA) during the year.
The highest known rainfall total was 105 mm (4.1 in) in Hoeyang, though rain was still falling at the time of the reported amount. [30] The heaviest damage occurred in Kangwon-do , North Hwanghae and South Hwanghae provinces where about 160 blocks of structures were destroyed. [ 31 ]
Rainfall caused several travel delays in many provinces. Total damage was recorded at ₱554.7 million (US$11.1 million), mostly coming from crop damage. [26] February 13, 2018: Tropical Storm Sanba (Basyang) affects Mindanao with heavy rainfall. A state of calamity was declared in two municipalities in Surigao del Sur.
After a rapid intensification, Typhoon Mawar has become the most powerful storm of 2023 globally, according to the Joint Typhoon Warning Centre (JTWC). Mawar’s peak winds have surged to 175 mph ...
The 2012 Luzon southwest monsoon floods (informally known in Tagalog as Hagupít ng Habagat, "wrath of the monsoon" and Bagsík ng Habagat, "fierceness of the monsoon", from habagat, the Filipino term for the southwest monsoon), was an eight-day period of torrential rain and thunderstorms in Luzon in the Philippines from August 1 to August 8, 2012.