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Catastrophe Report 11
November 8th 2006 - March 5th 2007 - Bill McGuire |
Typhoon Durian - Philippines, Vietnam
| Territory: |
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Philippines, Vietnam |
| Region: |
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Luzon (Philippines), Ben Tre province
(Vietnam) |
| Date: |
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24 November – 5 December 2006 |
| Event: |
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Typhoon Durian |
| Impact: |
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In Vietnam, Durian took an estimated 73 lives,
destroyed 35,000 homes and damaged a further 181,000. Over 700
schools sustained some damage and over 800 boats were sunk.
The worst destruction, however, was reserved for the Philippines,
where strong winds, floods and landslides totally destroyed
212,000 homes and damaged a further third of a million. In total,
3.2 million people in 160 municipalities and 13 cities were
affected, while the death toll is estimated at around 750. Most
of these occurred in the vicinity of the Mayon volcano in Albay
Province, 350 km SW of Manila, where torrential rains associated
with Durian mixed with ash and unconsolidated debris from recent
activity to trigger major mudslides. Several villages were completely
buried, resulting in a death toll estimated at between 500 and
1,000. In Vietnam, losses are estimated at US456, while the
figure for the Philippines, including infrastructure and agriculture,
is around US$100 million. |
| Summary: |
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Typhoon Durian began life on 24 November, as
a tropical disturbance in the south-western Pacific close to
Chuuk (Micronesia). High sea-surface temperatures led to Durian
reaching tropical storm status two days later, and the storm
continued to strengthen as it moved slowly westwards towards
the Philippines. The storm was designated a typhoon on the 28th,
and by the following day, sustained wind speeds reached 230
km h, comparable to a category 4 hurricane. Durian struck the
Philippines as a super-typhoon on the morning of 30 November,
passing first over southern Catanduanes and then across Albay
province and the Bondoc Peninsula and out into the South China
Sea. After being downgraded, Durian skirted the east coast of
Vietnam before making landfall in Ben Tre province on 5 December
and weakening rapidly thereafter as it headed across southern
Thailand and into the Bay of Bengal. |
| Data sources: |
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ReliefWeb
http://www.reliefweb.int/rw/RWB.NSF/db900SID/YAOI-6WD3GQ?OpenDocument
BBC News
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/asia-pacific/6203110.stm
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| Additional sources:
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European Space Agency
http://earth.esa.int/ew/cyclones/Typhoon_Durian-dec01/index.html?durian=may
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| Image: |
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Super-typhoon Durian strikes the Philippines
on 30 November 2006, as imaged by the Moderate Resolution
Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) on the Aqua satellite. Courtesy:
NASA.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:ST_Durian_30_nov_2006_0500Z.jpg
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