The Philippines is archipelagic country in Southeast Asia, located in the northwest Pacific Ocean. It consists of 7,641 islands. The country is known to be "the most exposed country in the world to tropical storms", with about twenty tropical cyclones entering the Philippine area of responsibility each year. In the Philippine languages, tropical cyclones are generally called bagyo.[1]
Climatologically, in the Northwest Pacific basin, most tropical cyclones develop between May and October. However, the Philippines can experience a tropical cyclone anytime in the year, with the most storms during the months of June to September. This article includes any tropical cyclone of any intensity that affected the Philippines between 1963 and 1999.
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.
November 19–21, 1970: Typhoon Patsy (Yoling) made landfall in Luzon and killed 264 people.
August 26–29, 1984: Tropical Storm June (Maring) made landfall in Luzon just days before Typhoon Ike (Nitang) made a more deadly and devastating landfalls.
September 1–4, 1984: Typhoon Ike (Nitang) devastated Visayas, Mindanao and some parts of Southern Luzon, Deaths from the typhoon is 1,474.
October 28–31, 1984: Severe Tropical Storm Warren (Reming) though didn’t make any landfalls, its outflow caused intense rainfall over parts of Visayas, Palawan and Luzon. Killing 69 people.
November 5–7, 1984: Typhoon Agnes (Undang) made several landfalls across Visayas region, killing 895 people.
The following list are the twelve most deadly storms that impacted the Philippines between 1963 and 1999. This list only includes typhoons that had death tolls exceeding 300. Only two out of the twelve exceeded death numbers above 1,000. Total number of deaths recorded are only from the country itself.
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