Typhoon Vamco, known in the Philippines as Typhoon Ulysses, was a powerful and deadly Category 4-equivalent typhoon that struck the Philippines and Vietnam. The typhoon brought heavy rains in Central Luzon, and the nearby provinces, including Metro Manila, the national capital. It also caused the worst flooding in Metro Manila since Ketsana in 2009. As of December 2, the Philippines’ National Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Council had stated that the typhoon had 117 casualties. The damage caused by the storm is estimated to be around $1.2 billion.
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Typhoon Vamco, known in the Philippines as Typhoon Ulysses, was a powerful and deadly Category 4-equivalent typhoon that struck the Philippines and Vietnam. The typhoon brought heavy rains in Central Luzon, and the nearby provinces, including Metro Manila, the national capital. It also caused the worst flooding in Metro Manila since Ketsana in 2009. As of December 2, the Philippines’ National Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Council had stated that the typhoon had 117 casualties, and the damages caused by VAmco reached ₱19. 3 billion. The storm was the twenty-second named storm and tenth typhoon of the 2020 Pacific typhoon season. It is the fourth tropical cyclone to approach Luzon in the past month, after Typhoon Goni and Tropical Storm Etau. The Philippines had recently been hit with three other tropical cyclones — Typhoon Molave, Tropical Storm Goni, and Typhoon Etau — making this the fourth time in a year that the Philippines had been hit by a tropical cyclONE. The system left the PAR at 01: 30 UTC as the PAGASA redeclared the system as a typhoon. Vam co gradually intensified in the South China Sea before rapidly intensifying into its peak as a Category 4-equival typhoon November 13. The Typhoon then weakened as the storm weakened into a tropical storm on November 15. Shortly after, the typhoons dissipated north of Laos. It was the first typhoon to form inside the Philippine Area of Responsibility since Typhoon Catanduanes in December 2013. It has also been the most powerful typhoon in the Pacific Ocean since Super Typhoon Haiyan in 1980.
It caused widespread flooding in the Cagayan Valley and Isabela, causing widespread damage to homes and businesses in the region. The damage caused by the storm is estimated to be around $1.2 billion. The Philippine Atmospheric, Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration has declared a state of calamity in parts of the country. The region has been affected by three other typhones — Tropical Storm Molave, Tropical Storm Erika, and Hurricane Goni — since the start of the year. The Philippines and Vamco have been in contact with each other since the beginning of November, with the Philippines suffering from heavy rains, flooding, and power outages. The country has also had to deal with a number of other tropical storms and cyclones, including Tropical Storm Choloy and Typhoon Taweo. The weather station in Palau has been damaged, with one of the typhones causing damage to one of its power stations. The PAGasA has also issued severe weather bulletins in preparation for the next typhoon, which is expected to form in the next few days. The Japanese Meteorological Agency began tracking a new tropical depression 132 nautical miles north-northwest of Palau on November 8. On November 11, the system strengthened into a Tropical storm, prompting the Joint Typhoon Warning Center and the JMA to identify the system. As the system tracked closer to southern Luzon, both the PagaasA and JMA upgraded it into a severe tropical storm. On November 11 the system made its first landfall on the island town of Patnanungan, Quezon.
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