The howler rampaged Mactan Island destroying and almost leveling all houses in the small municipality-island of Cordova nearby, smashing and sinking ships in the harbor, and then to the heart of Cebu City by the early evening until early dawn of the next day leaving the metropolitan helpless without electricity and drinking water amidst the terrible debris everywhere. In September, category-five Typhoon Odette (Usagi), with winds gusting of up to 240 kph (149 mph), battered the northern island of Batanes before causing damage in southern China. NITANG then crossed Cebu by lunch time destroying thousands of homes leaving the province with a single radio station broadcasting. Most of the fatalities were recorded in Eastern Visayas. On making landfall, Haiyan devastated portions of Southeast Asia, particularly the Philippines. Hundreds of marine vessels around the Visayas were destroyed. Virac Point, Catanduanes; Sagñay and Naga City in Camarines Sur; inner portion of Ragay Gulf, Calauag, Lopez Bay coastline, Atimonan and Lucban in Quezon; towns at the southern and southwestern shore of Laguna Lake in Laguna; Cavite; southern outskirts of National Capital Region; Mariveles and Lima in Bataan. Threatening Daet, it moved again slightly west and made landfall by dawn of November 3 at Siruma, Camarines Sur which lies at the mouth of San Miguel Bay. In terms of JTWC-estimated 1-minute sustained winds, Haiyan is tied with Meranti in 2016 for being the second strongest landfallingtropical cyclone on record. (see figures 9 & 10) REMING then exited towards the South China Sea by dawn of December 1. Survivors who were swept by the floods found themselves clinging to floating debris and bloated corpses at sea. Naga was the first and largest city SENING wrecked in its course. Track of  Typhoon FRANK. In just a few hours the powerful howler neared Catanduanes inflicting damage on coastal towns of Northern Samar and Sorsogon due to raging sea waves. NITANG made landfall at the island of Nonoc and coastline of Surigao del Norte at about 2 AM of September 2, 734 deaths (unofficial estimate up to 1,200). The typhoon maintained its strength as it greeted the early morning of Bacolod City and the rest of Negros with a tempest never seen since 1951 flattening sugarcane fields and snapping electric posts to splinters. The missing surpassed the official death toll and was presumed to be dead beneath tons of mud and rocks. 10) Typhoon Angela (Rosing) – This typhoon was one of the strongest storms to hit the Philippines. But above Mayon Volcano, torrential rains continued and the saturated volcanic debris finally gave way. Core (Eye & Eyewall) Track: Northern tip of Sorsogon Province; Albay specifically Legazpi City; Southern Camarines Sur particularly Iriga City and the municipalities of Nabua and Bato; Burias Is., southern tip of Bondoc Peninsula of Quezon Prov. While at the South China Sea, FRANK moved again northeast passing over northern Batanes. 220 kph It slightly weakened but still slammed Tacloban City with a full fury of devastating winds wrecking buildings and houses and snapping trees and electric posts. While at the South China Sea, FRANK moved again northeast passing over northern Batanes. It struck Carles and towns in Northern Iloilo at about noontime and plummeled its howling winds and powerful waves that battered the Northern coast of Capiz, wiping out coastal barangays, twisting metal trusses and galvanized iron roofs flattening houses in other coastal municipalities up to the capital, Roxas City. (see figures 9 & 10). Note: Damages registered in billions of Philippine Peso are not adjusted to current inflation rate. Satellite Images courtesy of Karl Hoarau, NPMOC/Joint Typhoon, 5,101 deaths (unofficial estimate up to 8,000 +). Cruz and Boac, Marinduque; Calapan City, Baco and San Teodoro, Oriental Mindoro; Binarera Point between Paluan and Mamburao, Occidental Mindoro. At that very moment Cebu-bound inter-island ferry, M/V Princess Of The Stars laden with 800 persons was also entering Sibuyan Sea, heeding to earlier warnings to seek shelter in Romblon. With high winds and torrential rain, Lake Mainit bordering Surigao del Norte with Agusan del Norte spilled its contents washing away more than a thousand homes along its shores killing hundreds. By the early evening of November 13, it was at the vicinity of Linapacan Strait, Palawan flattening more houses before exiting to South China Sea. 1, 2020 of pure fury deadliest Philippine typhoons on record strengthened to an large. 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