jan 1, 2031 - Typhoon “PEPENG”
September 27, 2009- October 14, 2009
Description:
Highest winds 185 km/h (115 mph)
Lowest pressure 930 hPa (mbar); 27.46 inHg
Category 4-equivalent super typhoon
1-minute sustained (SSHWS/JTWC)
Highest winds 250 km/h (155 mph)
Lowest pressure 922 hPa (mbar); 27.23 inHg
Overall effects
Fatalities 500 total
Damage $617 million (2009 USD)
Description:
Killer landslides and widespread floods devastated the Cordilleras, Cagayan Valley, Pangasinan and the Ilocos Region when PEPENG finally left Luzon after ten days of incessant rains. Stories of drama and sorrow filled television and radio news on harrowing escape of victims thru heroic deaths of rescue groups and volunteers. PEPENG's effects all over Northern and Central Luzon were massively destructive and also deadly making it the country's most costly typhoon.
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