Below is the list of the Deadliest Storms that hit the Philippines in terms of the number of death. Two of the storms in the list I have witnessed the aftermath of the devastation – Yolanda and Sendong.
Storm name | International name | Date | Center of Devastation | Number of deaths of people |
1. Haiphong | October 8, 1881 | Luzon | 20,000 | |
2. Yolanda | Haiyan | November 7–8, 2013 | Visayas | 6,300 |
3. Uring | Thelma | November 4–7, 1991 | Central Visayas | 5,101 |
4. Pablo | Bopha | December 2–9, 2012 | Southern Mindanao | 1,901 |
5. Angela | September 22, 1867 | Manila | 1,800 | |
6. Winnie | November 27–29, 2004 | Luzon and Visayas | 1,593 | |
7. October | October 7, 1897 | Guiam, Samar | 1,500 | |
8. Nitang | Ike | September 3–6, 1984 | Northeast Mindanao and Central Visayas | 1,492 |
9. Sendong |
Washi |
December 16, 2011 | Northern Mindanao | 1,449 |
10. Frank | Fengshen | June 20–23, 2008 | Luzon and Visayas | 1,410 |
Sources:
http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1029/2006JD007370/full
http://bit.ly/2epaIhC