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It’s been 5 years since Ondoy hit the country, yet it will
always be remembered because of its impact. It is even
compared to other typhoons that have followed, yet most
have failed to match Ondoy’s record. Ondoy is one of the
worst natural disasters to hit the country in terms of
number of people affected.
When: September 26 – September 30 (Saturday –
Wednesday)
Path:
Tropical storm “Ketsana”, locally known as “Ondoy, swept
across Metro Manila and parts of central Luzon on Saturday,
September 26,2009 , and brought a month’s worth of rain in
just 12 hours.
Total Damages:
Typhoon Ketsana, known in the Philippines as Tropical
Storm Ondoy, was the second-most devastating tropical
cyclone of the 2009 Pacific typhoon season, causing
$1.09 billion in damages and 747 fatalities, only
behind Morakot earlier in the season, which caused 789
deaths and damages worth $$6.2 billion. Ketsana was the
sixteenth tropical storm, eighth typhoon, and the
second super typhoon in the season. It was the most
devastating typhoon to hit Manila
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