Typhoon Angela, known in the
Philippines
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as Typhoon Rosing, was a catastrophic
Category 5-equivalent
typhoon
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with sustained winds, and the most intense tropical cyclone
worldwide in 1995. Typhoon Angela was the third storm in a row that struck the Philippines, following
Yvette and
Zack. Typhoon Angela was the twenty-ninth
tropical cyclone
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, and the fifth super typhoon of the moderately active
1995 Pacific typhoon season.
Angela caused
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9.33 billion worth of damage across the Philippines, in addition to 882 fatalities. It was the strongest typhoon to hit the Philippines in
25 years, and the costliest in
5 years.
Meteorological History
The monsoon trough that developed Yvette and Zack spawned another tropical depression on October 25 in conjunction with a tropical disturbance that originated in the Marshall Islands. It moved to the west, organizing very slowly to become a tropical storm on October 26.
Two days later Angela became a typhoon, and from the October 31 to November 1 Angela rapidly intensified to a super typhoon; while
Japan Meteorological Agency
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and
reported that it had reached its peak wind speeds of and , respectively. It maintained that intensity as it sliced westward, slamming the Philippines on November 2 as a slightly weaker typhoon.
Angela continued to the west-northwest, where upper level winds caused it to dissipate on November 7 over the
Gulf of Tonkin.
Impact, records, and retirement
![STS-73 Typhoon Angela Oct 30 1995](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/5/55/STS-73_Typhoon_Angela_Oct_30_1995.jpg)
More than 900 people perished due to the catastrophic typhoon. It wreaked havoc over
Metro Manila
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, Calabarzon Region and Bicol Region. Initially it caused 9.33 billion pesos of damage, but later on it grew into 10.829 billion
pesos
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.
![Angela Signal No 4](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/2/27/Angela_Signal_No_4.png)
Throughout the affected area, more than 96,000 houses were destroyed, along with bridges and roads. The worst impact was in the Southern
Bicol Region
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. Angela passed almost right over Manila, causing a significant impact both there and in
Catanduanes
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. In
Calauag
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It is southeast of Manila and e ...
,
storm surge and flooding from a
dam failure
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killed 121 people. In nearby
Paracale
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Paracle’s economy is ...
, mudslides killed more than a hundred people.
Power outage
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There are many causes of power failures in an electricity ...
s affected one third of the country.
Angela's 872 (910 according to the JMA) mbar pressure reading makes it one of the strongest typhoons on record. While this is low by the standards of any sea-level location, it is still behind
Typhoon Tip
Typhoon Tip, known in the Philippines as Typhoon Warling, was the largest and most intense tropical cyclone ever recorded. The forty-third tropical depression, nineteenth tropical storm, twelfth typhoon, and third super typhoon of the 1979 Pa ...
,
the most intense tropical cyclone ever recorded.
However, Angela is an unofficial contender for world's most intense tropical cyclone. In a study utilizing the
Dvorak technique
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for analysis of post-1987 typhoons, the authors concluded that Angela and
1992's Gay were higher on the scale than Tip. The authors also thought that Angela might have been slightly more intense than Gay, and hence Tip.
Angela was the strongest typhoon to hit the Philippines since
1970's Joan.
[
On a weather observatory on ]Catanduanes
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reported winds of . This makes it the typhoon with third-highest windspeeds recorded in the Philippines.
See also
* Typhoons in the Philippines
Typhoons in the Philippines can occur any time of the year, with the months of June to September being most active, with August being the most active individual month and May the least active. Approximately 20 tropical cyclones enter the Phili ...
** Typhoon Mike (Ruping, 1990)
** Typhoon Xangsane (Milenyo, 2006)
** Typhoon Bopha (Pablo, 2012)
** Typhoon Haiyan (Yolanda, 2013)
** Typhoon Rammasun (Glenda, 2014)
** Typhoon Ketsana (Ondoy, 2009)
** Typhoon Goni (Rolly, 2020) – had a similar track and landfall date (late-October to early-November) in 2020.
** Typhoon Noru (Karding, 2022) – also took a similar track.
References
External links
JMA General Information
of Typhoon Angela (9520) from Digital Typhoon
JMA Best Track Data (Graphics)
of Typhoon Angela (9520)
JTWC Best Track Data
of Super Typhoon 29W (Angela)
{{DEFAULTSORT:Angela (1997)
1995 Pacific typhoon season
Typhoons in the Philippines
Typhoons in the Federated States of Micronesia
Typhoons in China
Typhoons in Vietnam
Typhoons
1995 disasters in the Philippines