Typhoon Phanfone

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Typhoon Phanfone (Ursula)
Typhoon (JMA scale)
Category 3 typhoon (SSHWS)
Typhoon Phanfone to hit the central Philippines
FormedDecember 19, 2019
DissipatedDecember 29, 2019
Highest winds10-minute sustained: 150 km/h (90 mph)
1-minute sustained: 195 km/h (120 mph)
Lowest pressure970 hPa (mbar); 28.64 inHg
Fatalities50 dead, 55 missing
Damage$67.2 million (USD)
Areas affectedCarolina, 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]

Typhoon Storm Warning Signal[change | change source]

PSWS LUZON VISAYAS MINDANAO
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

References[change | change source]

  1. "Potential storm may enter PAR ahead of Christmas". The Philippine STAR.
  2. https://news.abs-cbn.com/news/12/19/19/brewing-christmas-storm-creeps-closer-to-philippines-pagasa
  3. https://news.abs-cbn.com/news/12/25/19/mga-apektado-ng-ursula-malungkot-ang-pasko
  4. "2 patay sa bagyong Ursula sa Leyte". Archived from the original on 2020-12-01. Retrieved 2019-12-25.
  5. https://news.abs-cbn.com/news/12/18/18/lpa-to-dampen-mindanao-a-week-ahead-of-christmas