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The typhoon was known for capsizing the ship MV Princess of the Stars, which killed 814 of the 922 people on board. 557 people were dead in the country excluding the deaths from the capsized ship. July 4, 2008: Tropical Depression Gener produced 13 mm (0.51 in) of rainfall over the Ilocos Region .
Ahead of the typhoon's arrival in East China, officials evacuated over 1.1 million people. [148] Even though Chan-hom did not affect the Philippines, the typhoon enhanced the southwest monsoon which killed about 16 people and damages of about ₱3.9 million (US$86,000). [149]
Typhoon Maysak, known in the Philippines as Super Typhoon Chedeng, was the most powerful pre-April tropical cyclone on record in the Northwestern Pacific Ocean. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] The fourth named storm of the 2015 Pacific typhoon season , Maysak originated as a tropical depression on March 26.
Wells Fargo & Co will pay $81.6 million to homeowners for denying them a chance to challenge mortgage payment increases imposed during their bankruptcy proceedings, the U.S. Justice Department ...
Typhoon Noul making landfall over the Philippines on May 10 May 10. 00:00 UTC — Both the JMA and the JTWC reports that Typhoon Noul had reached its peak intensity as a Category 5 super typhoon with 10-minute sustained windspeeds of 205 km/h (125 mph), which is the strongest this year in terms of windspeeds. .
The Philippines is a typhoon-prone country, with approximately twenty tropical cyclones entering its area of responsibility per year. Locally known generally as bagyo (), [3] typhoons regularly form in the Philippine Sea and less often, in the South China Sea, with the months of June to September being the most active, August being the month with the most activity.
A typhoon has finally moved away from the Philippines, leaving at least seven people dead, mostly due to floods or toppled trees, and forcing the closures of several seaports, stranding thousands ...
Typhoon Noul (pronounced), known in the Philippines as Super Typhoon Dodong, was a relatively small but powerful tropical cyclone that affected several areas but caused minor damage. The sixth named storm and third typhoon of the annual typhoon season , Noul formed as a tropical depression over the eastern Caroline Islands on May 2, 2015.