Typhoon (JMA scale) | |
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Category 3 typhoon (SSHWS) | |
Formed | December 19, 2019 |
Dissipated | December 29, 2019 |
Highest winds | 10-minute sustained: 150 km/h (90 mph) 1-minute sustained: 195 km/h (120 mph) |
Lowest pressure | 970 hPa (mbar); 28.64 inHg |
Fatalities | 50 dead, 55 missing |
Damage | $67.2 million (USD) |
Areas affected | Carolina, Philippines |
Part of the 2019 Pacific typhoon season |
Typhoon Phanfone, known in the Philippines as Typhoon Ursula, was a strong tropical cyclone to hit the central of the Philippines, on December 25, 2019.[1][2] [3]
On December 25, 2019 in the Philippines, typhoon Ursula was located at the vicinity of Boracay island, in the town of Malay, Aklan into a Category 3 "typhoon".[4]
Typhoon Phanfone struck the central and southern part of Luzon on Christmas day, 2019. It left at least 50 dead particular in Iloilo province and more than 55 are missing.[5]
PSWS | LUZON | VISAYAS | MINDANAO |
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PSWS #3 | Masbate, Occidental Mindoro, Oriental Mindoro, Coron, Palawan, Romblon | Aklan, Antique, Biliran, Capiz, Bantayan, Cebu, Iloilo, Leyte, Eastern Samar | NONE |
PSWS #2 | Albay, Burias, Masbate, Marinduque, Sorsogon | Samar, Northern Samar | NONE |
PSWS #1 | Batangas, Camarines Norte, Camarines Sur, Cavite, Laguna, Metro Manila, Quezon, Rizal | Bacolod, Cebu, Southern Leyte | Dinagat, Surigao del Norte |