<p> DEADLIEST TYPHOONS OF THE PHILIPPINES 1947 – 2002</p><p>NAME PERIOD OF OCCURRENCE DEATHS</p><p>1. URING (Thelma)* November 2-7, 1991 5,101-8,000+ 2. NITANG (Ike) August 31–September 4, 1984 1,363-3,000 3 DINANG (Lee) December 23-28, 1981 2,764 4. TRIX October 16-23, 1952 995 5. AMY December 6-19, 1951 991 6. SISANG (Nina) November 23-27, 1987 979 7. ROSING (Angela) October 30 – November 4, 1995 936 8. UNDANG (Agnes) November 3-6, 1984 895 9. SENING (Joan) October 11-15, 1970 768 10. RUPING (Mike) November 10-14, 1990 748 11. TITANG (Kate) October 16-23, 1970 631 12. YOLING (Patsy) November 17-20, 1970 611 13. KADIANG (Flo) September 30 - October 7, 1993 576 14. KADING (Rita) October 25-27, 1978 444 15. ANDING (Irma) November 21-27, 1981 409 16. INING (Louise) November 15-20, 1964 400 17. DIDANG (Olga) May 12-17, 1976 374 18. MONANG (Lola) December 2-7, 1993 363 19. WELING (Nancy) October 11-15, 1982 309 20. LOLENG (Babs) October 15-24, 1998 303</p><p>* - only a Tropical Storm. The unusual high number of deaths was attributed to massive flash floods that swept across parts of Leyte and Negros Occidental. Majority of deaths occurred in the city of Ormoc, Leyte after being overwhelmed a ten feet flashflood in the mid-morning of November 5, 1991, spawned by a continuous, torrential rainfall occurring for a 10-12 hour period (about 140 mm in 6 hours).</p>