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them due to drowning. Over 115,588 families or 602,000 persons were also in need of help due to the storm's aftermath. The estimated damages from the typhoon were set at $ 70 million, according to Marcos during an emergency meeting on that day with his cabinet members. 66 towns and 4 cities in the country were flooded while 14 bridges were washed away. Damages to public infrastructures were incurred at $ 3.6 million. Meanwhile, combined agricultural and property damages were set at $ 14 million. Rice stock at the disaster was announced to be at 1.8 million tons. More than 204,000 people lost their homes as a result. Hundreds of residents who refused to evacuate climbed and perched nearby trees and rooftops for their safety, news reports there indicated. Along with UPI photographer Willy Vicoy, Philippine helicopters rescued 127 persons in Arayat, a municipality in
Pampanga. A bridge in the area also collapsed, killing four due to drowning. Flood readings in the Pampanga River indicated an “all-time high” of 17.85 feet on that day also, beating the 17.5 feet record held by the same basin in a disastrous flood in July and August 1972.
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Mandaluyong. Communications outside the metropolitan area were cut and authorities there said that no reports of damages were received as of that date in provinces that are also affected by Olga. As a result, President Marcos declared Manila and five other Luzon provinces in state of emergency and ordered all businesses in Manila and Quezon City to be closed except the essential operations. Floods came as workers in the city were reportedly finishing 25 inundation-control projects that were set up at that time.The
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May 12. However, it was first tracked by the JMA on May 11. Nevertheless, it strengthened to a tropical storm while continuing its motion and track. However, it weakened to a tropical depression as it slowly interacted with another circulation to its east, in which the new system dominated over the existing one. The JMA and JTWC still treated the storm as Olga as it entered the area of responsibility of the
Philippines, in which the state weather bureau tracked the system as "Didang". Despite the presence of shear around the storm, the system slowly consolidated and grew as it neared the country and few hours prior to landfall, it rapidly intensified to a Category 3 storm before its landfall over
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Apocalypse Now were destroyed and its staff were forced to shelter in hotels and houses. 374 people were killed and over 1.3 million were left homeless. Many public infrastructures including a dam, dikes and other reservoirs were damaged while agricultural crops were inundated by the storm's rains. Further, floods affected the wide swath of Luzon, with the Central portion of the island being the most affected. Damages from the storm were officially estimated by the President at that time, Ferdinand Marcos to be at $ 70 million. Meanwhile, its deaths and the resulting destruction resulted in its local name “Didang” being retired.
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near the foot of the said basin while a flood control station, located 40 miles to the north of Manila recorded rising two-feet floodwaters. The country's defense home center in
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their homes due to the inundation and many reservoirs overflowed and burst due to continuous downpour, again affecting many individuals. The final death toll for the storm were at 374 while damages reached in millions of dollars. At Cubi Point, the rainfall exceeded over 50 inches (1,300 mm), which would place the system as one of the wettest tropical cyclones in the
Philippines. The summary of the events after the storm wrecked through the country are summarized by date as follows:
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moving west-northwest. Slowly but modest intensification prevailed over the disturbance, and the new cyclone reintensified to a tropical storm. However, both the JMA and JTWC continued tracking this system as Olga. It then inclined northwards due to a shortwave trough trailing across the westerlies on May 16 before resuming its track to the west-northwest as a result of the trough moving to the east. At this time, Olga was now tracked by the Manila
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As a slow-moving system, Olga caused copious amounts of rainfall over the Philippines, with one area recording 50 inches of rain (1,300 mm), becoming one of the wettest tropical cyclones the island nation had ever endured. 150 km/h (95 mph) winds were also recorded at Iba, where sets
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in May 1976, causing what was called the "worst flooding in 30 years". The storm killed over 300 people and displaced over 1.3 million others. The storm originated from an area of several surface circulations on May 4, in which the JTWC first noted its predecessor as a southwestward-moving storm on
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The number of people who evacuated during the reservoir burst climbed to 80,000 on May 26. Two more waterbodies overflowed on the country due to Olga; the Santo Tomas and Santa Cruz dikes. The former destroyed 400 houses and killed eight in its path. The death toll further rose to 109 with most of
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Seng Hong, a Panamanian-registered freighter that was reported to be run aground near Mamburao Bay, located to the south of the capital. 18 passengers were on board. The other aircraft, a Philippine navy plane that was bound for Manila from
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were also wrecked due to strong winds from Olga. Its stranded crew were confined in a hotel and others were in small houses. The Playboy Playmate set had been also destroyed, ruining a month's production schedule.
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501:Philippine Air Force
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249:Saffir–Simpson scale
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784:Typhoon Rita (1972)
683:Caraballo Mountains
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1291:Brownsville Herald
1218:"Typhoon: six die"
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880:Padua, Michael V.
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1769:October 22,
1739:October 22,
1012:Baytown Sun
917:October 15,
679:Dalton Pass
536:Nueva Ecija
479:Quezon City
384:Philippines
350:(29.6
214:Philippines
202:Philippines
175:Philippines
2346:Categories
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1612:2021-10-21
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1486:Cowie 1990
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1347:2021-10-21
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863:2021-10-15
827:2021-10-15
790:References
376:wind shear
340:Micronesia
298:Storm type
151:Fatalities
67:Dissipated
1170:0362-4331
548:Zamboanga
411:Baler Bay
402:(28
1818:(1990).
1790:Archived
1606:Yuma Sun
743:See also
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552:Mindanao
432:Hengchun
292:Unknown
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2311:Florita
2286:Ulysses
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1977:Herming
1972:Katring
1890:Welming
1821:Coppola
681:in the
524:Palawan
450:Effects
440:Okinawa
436:Formosa
427:Batanes
242:Map key
210:typhoon
76:Typhoon
2331:Goring
2306:Agaton
2301:Odette
2296:Maring
2291:Jolina
2276:Quinta
2255:Ursula
2240:Rosita
2235:Ompong
2225:Urduja
2175:Glenda
2160:Labuyo
2130:Bebeng
2104:Pepeng
2079:Reming
2069:Winnie
2059:Unding
2049:Nanang
2033:Loleng
2028:Iliang
2023:Rosing
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2008:Ruping
1992:Yoning
1987:Unsang
1982:Sisang
1967:Undang
1962:Nitang
1946:Kading
1936:Unding
1931:Didang
1926:Wening
1921:Yoling
1916:Titang
1911:Sening
1906:Pitang
1885:Dading
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654:May 29
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610:May 27
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368:PAGASA
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159:Damage
59:Formed
2321:Paeng
2281:Rolly
2264:2020s
2250:Tisoy
2245:Usman
2230:Vinta
2215:Lawin
2210:Karen
2200:Lando
2185:Mario
2165:Santi
2155:Pablo
2113:2010s
2099:Ondoy
2094:Feria
2089:Frank
2084:Cosme
2042:2000s
2013:Uring
2001:1990s
1955:1980s
1941:Atang
1899:1970s
1878:1960s
1709:Argus
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817:(PDF)
710:Notes
519:Leyte
488:USAID
388:China
127:SSHWS
27:, or
2326:Egay
2271:Ambo
2220:Nina
2205:Nona
2190:Ruby
2180:Jose
2140:Mina
2120:Juan
1826:ISBN
1798:2021
1771:2021
1741:2021
1166:ISSN
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164:USD
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