Typhoon Vicki, known in the
Philippines
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* bik, Republika kan Filipinas
* ceb, Republika sa Pilipinas
* cbk, República de Filipinas
* hil, Republ ...
as Typhoon Gading, was a
typhoon
A typhoon is a mature tropical cyclone that develops between 180° and 100°E in the Northern Hemisphere. This region is referred to as the Northwestern Pacific Basin, and is the most active tropical cyclone basin on Earth, accounting for a ...
that was notable for having a strange eastward-northeastward track through the Philippines and
Japan. The eleventh tropical depression, seventh named tropical storm and fourth typhoon of the inactive
1998 Pacific typhoon season
The 1998 Pacific typhoon season was at the time the least active Pacific typhoon season on record, until the record was surpassed 12 years later, spawning 16 tropical storms and 8 typhoons. The scope of this article is limited to the Pacific Oce ...
, Vicki originated from an area of disturbed weather in the
South China Sea
The South China Sea is a marginal sea of the Western Pacific Ocean. It is bounded in the north by the shores of South China (hence the name), in the west by the Indochinese Peninsula, in the east by the islands of Taiwan and northwestern Phil ...
.
Meteorological history
On September 17, a tropical disturbance formed at
South China Sea
The South China Sea is a marginal sea of the Western Pacific Ocean. It is bounded in the north by the shores of South China (hence the name), in the west by the Indochinese Peninsula, in the east by the islands of Taiwan and northwestern Phil ...
west of
Luzon
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. It intensified quickly and was named ''Vicki'', eventually attaining typhoon status a day after it formed. Unusual for a Pacific typhoon, the system moved eastward and crossed Luzon on September 18, bringing squally conditions to most parts of the island.
An Analysis of Typhoon 9807 (Vicki) Based on Surface Meteorological Records Obtained from Fire Stations
After that, Vicki then moved northeast, and eventually made landfall on September 22 at the Kii Peninsula
The is the largest peninsula on the island of Honshū in Japan. It is named after the ancient Kii Province.
Overview
The area south of the “ Central Tectonic Line” is called , and is home to reef-like coral communities which are amongst ...
in Japan.
Impact
In all, 108 people were killed and 10 others were listed as missing. Damages from the storm amounted to $1.86 billion.
Philippines
: Typhoon Vicki, while moving eastward through northern Luzon, dropped torrential rainfall, killing 9 people and affecting more than 300,000 people. The ferry ''MV Princess of the Orient
The MV ''Princess of the Orient'' was a passenger ferry owned by Sulpicio Lines that sank off Fortune Island, near the provinces of Cavite and Batangas in the island of Luzon, The Philippines on September 18, 1998. The ship was originally built ...
'' sank during the storm's onslaught, killing 70 and leaving 80 others missing and presumed dead.
Japan
:Vicki continued northeastward and hit southern Japan killing two women in Nara prefecture
is a Prefectures of Japan, prefecture of Japan located in the Kansai region of Honshu. Nara Prefecture has a population of 1,321,805 and has a geographic area of . Nara Prefecture borders Kyoto Prefecture to the north, Osaka Prefecture to the ...
, damaging Kasuga Grand Shrine in Nara city and the five-storied pagoda at Muro temple, disrupting train and passenger service and cancelling over 60 domestic flights in the country.
See also
* Tropical cyclones in 1998
During 1998, tropical cyclones formed within seven different tropical cyclone basins, located within various parts of the Atlantic, Pacific, and Indian Oceans. A total of 125 tropical cyclones formed, with 72 of them being named by various weat ...
* Tropical Storm Linfa (2003)
Severe Tropical Storm Linfa, known in the Philippines as Tropical Storm Chedeng, brought deadly flooding to areas of the Philippines and Japan in May and June 2003. The fourth named storm within the northwestern Pacific that year, Linfa de ...
– a strong tropical storm that nearly replicated Vicki's path 5 years later
* Tropical Storm Halong (2008)
Severe Tropical Storm Halong, known in the Philippines as Severe Tropical Storm Cosme, was the fourth severe tropical storm named by the Japan Meteorological Agency (JMA) who are the Regional Specialized Meteorological Centre for the Northwester ...
– another relatively strong storm which also took a similar trajectory to Vicki ten years later
* Typhoon Chan-hom (2009)
Typhoon Chan-hom, known in the Philippines as Typhoon Emong, was the sixth tropical depression and the second tropical storm to develop during the 2009 Pacific typhoon season. Chan-hom developed out of an area of convectional cloudiness associat ...
– a typhoon that also moved eastward and made landfall in northern Luzon
References
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