Typhoon Omar of 1992 was the strongest and costliest typhoon to strike Guam since Typhoon Pamela in 1976. On August 28, it made landfall on Guam with winds of 195 kmh and reached its peak intensity the next day. Omar weakened significantly before striking eastern Taiwan on September 4, proceeding into eastern China the following day and dissipating on September 9. It caused the deaths of 11 people in thePhilippines and the destruction of 538 houses in the island nation. Omar also caused $1.2 billion in damage in Japan, Taiwan, and China.
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Typhoon Omar of 1992 was the strongest and costliest typhoon to strike Guam since Typhoon Pamela in 1976. The cyclone formed on August 23 from the monsoon trough across the western Pacific Ocean. On August 28, it made landfall on Guam with winds of 195 kmh and reached its peak intensity the next day. Omar weakened significantly before striking eastern Taiwan on September 4, proceeding into eastern China the following day and dissipating on September 9. The storm caused one death and USD 457 million in damage on Guam. While passing well north of the Philippines, the typhoon killed 11 people and wrought ₱903 million worth of damage to 538 houses. In Taiwan, scattered flooding caused three deaths and USD 65 million in damage, mostly to agriculture. Two days later, the storm came close enough to the Philippines to warrant monitoring from the PAGASA, who named the storm Lusing. The typhoon exited the coast of Yunlin County and emerged into the Taiwan Strait. It then moved ashore near Hualien City in eastern China, where it dissipated on September 9. It is the only typhoon of the 1992 Pacific typhoon season to make landfall on the island of Guam, and the only one to do so since the start of the modern-day typhoon watch and warning system in the 1970s. It was also the most powerful typhoon ever recorded in the Pacific Ocean, with 1‑minute sustained winds of around 240kmh (1,000mph) and a minimum barometric pressure of 920 mbar.
The eye of Omar was 37 km in diameter, slowly crossing the northern portion of the small island over a period of 2.5 hours. It also caused ¥476 million JPY in crop losses in Japan and scattered flooding in Taiwan. Omar was named after Typhoon Lusing in the Philippines in 1992, which was the deadliest typhoon in the history of the country. It became a super typhoon on September 9, 1992, when it struck the Philippines. It has since been downgraded to a tropical storm, although the Joint Typhoon Warning Center maintains its typhoon intensity through the day. It remains a Category 4 typhoon, the highest level of intensity in the Typhoon Warning Centre’s Typhoon Watch and Warning System. It caused the deaths of 11 people in thePhilippines and the destruction of 538 houses in the island nation. Omar also caused $1.2 billion in damage in Japan, Taiwan, and China. It made landfall in Guam on August 28, and left nearly the entire island without power for several days. It continued to weaken as it moved westward. On September 4, Omar made landfall near the east coast of Taiwan, near Hien City.
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