Typhoon Vicki
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| Typhoon (JMA scale) | |
|---|---|
| Category 2 typhoon (SSHWS) | |
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| Formed | September 17, 1998 |
| Dissipated | September 22, 1998 |
| Highest winds | 10-minute sustained: 140 km/h (85 mph) 1-minute sustained: 165 km/h (105 mph) |
| Lowest pressure | 960 hPa (mbar); 28.35 inHg |
| Fatalities | 108 total |
| Damage | $81.7 million (USD) |
| Areas affected | Philippines, Japan |
| Part of the 1998 Pacific typhoon season | |
Typhoon Vicki, known in the Philippines as Typhoon Gading was a typhoon that hit Philippines and Japan in September 1998.[1][2] Vicki killed 108 people by total.
Meteorological history
Map plotting the storm's track and intensity, according to the Saffir–Simpson scale
Extratropical cyclone / Remnant low / Tropical disturbance / Monsoon depression
Map key
Tropical depression (≤38 mph, ≤62 km/h)
Tropical storm (39–73 mph, 63–118 km/h)
Category 1 (74–95 mph, 119–153 km/h)
Category 2 (96–110 mph, 154–177 km/h)
Category 3 (111–129 mph, 178–208 km/h)
Category 4 (130–156 mph, 209–251 km/h)
Category 5 (≥157 mph, ≥252 km/h)
Unknown
Tropical storm (39–73 mph, 63–118 km/h)
Category 1 (74–95 mph, 119–153 km/h)
Category 2 (96–110 mph, 154–177 km/h)
Category 3 (111–129 mph, 178–208 km/h)
Category 4 (130–156 mph, 209–251 km/h)
Category 5 (≥157 mph, ≥252 km/h)
Unknown
Storm type
Extratropical cyclone / Remnant low / Tropical disturbance / Monsoon depressionIn September 17, Vicki was formed at South China Sea west of Luzon. Vicki moved east and crossed Luzon.[3][4] After that, Vicki moved northeast and landed on the Kii Peninsula in Japan on the 22nd.[5]
Impact
In all, 108 people were killed and 10 others were listed as missing. Damages from the storm amounted to $1.86 billion.
- Philippines
- 100 mph (160 km/h) Typhoon Vicki, while moving eastward through northern Luzon, dropped torrential rainfall, killing 9 people and affecting more than 300,000 people. The ferry MV Princess of the Orient sank during the storm's onslaught, killing 70 and leaving 80 others missing and presumed dead.[6] The ferry sank near Fortune Island in the Verde Island Passage.[6]
- Japan
- Vicki continued northeastward and hit southern Japan killing two women in Nara prefecture, damaging Kasuga Grand Shrine in Nara city and the five-storied pagoda at Muro temple, disrupting train and passenger service and cancelling over 60 domestic flights in the country.[5]
References
- ^ Extratropical Transformation of Typhoon Vicki (9807): Structural Change and the Role of Upper-tropospheric Disturbances
- ^ "TYPHOON 2000 - Philippine Tropical Cyclones 1998 Season". www.typhoon2000.ph. Retrieved 2020-09-14.
- ^ "デジタル台風：台風199807号 (VICKI) - 詳細経路情報（Google Maps版）". agora.ex.nii.ac.jp. Retrieved 2020-09-14.
- ^ An Analysis of Typhoon 9807 (Vicki) Based on Surface Meteorological Records Obtained from Fire Stations
- ^ a b "台風第８・７号 平成10年（1998年） ９月20日～９月23日". www.data.jma.go.jp. Retrieved 2020-09-14.
- ^ a b News, ABS-CBN (2008-07-03). "Sulpicio loses court case on Princess of the Orient fatality". ABS-CBN News. Retrieved 2020-09-14.
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