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Heat wave - United States, Canada
Typhoon Saomai - Mariana Islands, Philippines,
Japan, Taiwan, China
Flood - Ethiopia
Severe storms, Tornadoes and torrential
rains - United States
Typhoon Xangsane - Philippines,
Vietnam, Thailand
Snowstorm - United States
Wildfire - United States
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Catastrophe Report 10
July 25th - November 8th 2006 |
Typhoon Xangsane - Philippines, Vietnam, Thailand
| Territory: |
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Philippines, Vietnam, Thailand |
| Region: |
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Luzon and central Philippines, central
Vietnam, north and central Thailand. |
| Date: |
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25 September – 1 October 2006 |
| Event: |
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Typhoon Xangsane |
| Impact: |
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Xangsane was the most powerful storm to score
a direct hit on Metro Manila for 11 years, and resulting damage
was widespread. Across the central Philippines in general, flooding
and landslides cut lifelines, and power and water was lost in
several provinces, with power lost across the whole of Luzon.
The total death toll is estimated at close to 200, with economic
losses estimated at around US$118 million. In central Vietnam,
the port city of Da Nang was worst affected, with the provinces
of Quang Nam and Nghe An also badly hit. Here, an estimated
320,000 homes were damaged or destroyed. Strong winds and severe
flooding took at least 169 lives and caused major problems for
agriculture, with 300,000 hectares of crops (mainly rice) damaged,
and heavy livestock and poultry losses. Over 1,300 hectares
of aquaculture were also destroyed, and close to 800 fishing
boats lost. Total economic losses are estimated at US$624 million.
In Thailand, torrential rains caused severe flooding in 35 provinces,
and took 14 lives. |
| Summary: |
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Xangsane started life on September 25th as a
tropical depression to the east of the Philippines. The depression
rapidly intensified, achieving severe tropical storm status
the following day, before making landfall on the central Philippine
island of Samar. Xangsane intensified further to typhoon status
on the 27th, as it crossed the Philippine archipelago and passed
over Metro Manila as a Category 3 storm. After entering the
South China Sea as a weak typhoon, the storm once again strengthened
to Category 3 before making a second landfall on October 1st
close to the city of Hué in Vietnam. Xangsane continued
across Cambodia and Thailand as a tropical depression, before
hovering over central Indochina for several further days as
an area of low pressure. |
| Data sources: |
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China Daily
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/world/2006-10/05/content_701909.htm
ReliefWEb
http://www.reliefweb.int/rw/dbc.nsf/doc108?OpenForm&emid=TC-2006-000144-PHL&rc=3
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| Additional sources:
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People’s Daily Online
http://english.people.com.cn/200610/01/eng20061001_308048.html
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