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(Redirected from Typhoon Vicki (1998)) Pacific typhoon in 1998 This article is about the 1998 typhoon. For other storms of the same name, see List of storms named Vicky and List of storms named Gading.
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Typhoon Vicki (Gading)
Typhoon Vicki on September 22, 1998
Meteorological history
FormedSeptember 17, 1998 (September 17, 1998)
DissipatedSeptember 22, 1998 (September 22, 1998)
Typhoon
10-minute sustained (JMA)
Highest winds140 km/h (85 mph)
Lowest pressure960 hPa (mbar); 28.35 inHg
Category 2-equivalent typhoon
1-minute sustained (SSHWS/JTWC)
Highest winds165 km/h (105 mph)
Overall effects
Fatalities108 total
Missing10
Damage$1.86 billion (1998 USD)
Areas affectedPhilippines, Japan
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Part of the 1998 Pacific typhoon season

Typhoon Vicki, known in the Philippines as Typhoon Gading, was a moderately strong typhoon that was notable for having a rather unusual eastward-northeastward track through the Philippines and Japan. The eleventh tropical depression, seventh named tropical storm and fourth typhoon of the inactive 1998 Pacific typhoon season, Vicki originated from an area of disturbed weather in the South China Sea.

Meteorological history

Map plotting the storm's track and intensity, according to the Saffir–Simpson scale
Map key Saffir–Simpson scale   Tropical depression (≤38 mph, ≤62 km/h)
  Tropical storm (39–73 mph, 63–118 km/h)
  Category 1 (74–95 mph, 119–153 km/h)
  Category 2 (96–110 mph, 154–177 km/h)
  Category 3 (111–129 mph, 178–208 km/h)
  Category 4 (130–156 mph, 209–251 km/h)
  Category 5 (≥157 mph, ≥252 km/h)
  Unknown Storm type circle Tropical cyclone square Subtropical cyclone triangle Extratropical cyclone, remnant low, tropical disturbance, or monsoon depression

On September 17, a tropical disturbance formed at South China Sea west of Luzon. It intensified quickly and was named Vicki, eventually attaining typhoon status a day after it formed. Unusual for a Pacific typhoon, the system moved eastward and crossed Luzon on September 18, bringing squally conditions to most parts of the island. After that, Vicki then moved northeast, and eventually made landfall on September 22 at the Kii Peninsula in Japan.

Impact

In all, 108 people were killed and 10 others were listed as missing. Damages from the storm amounted to $1.86 billion.

Philippines

The 100 mph (160 km/h) Typhoon Vicki, while moving eastward through northern Luzon, dropped torrential rainfall, killing 9 people and affecting more than 300,000 people. The ferry MV Princess of the Orient foundered and sank during the storm's onslaught, killing 70 and leaving 80 others missing and presumed dead. The ferry sank near Fortune Island in the Verde Island Passage. The typhoon also destroyed a transmitter which belonged to DWDW 1017; the destruction of the transmitter also signified the end of its broadcasting.

Japan

Vicki continued northeastward and hit southern Japan killing two women in Nara prefecture, damaging Kasuga Grand Shrine in Nara city and the five-storied pagoda at Muro temple, disrupting train and passenger service and cancelling over 60 domestic flights in the country.

See also

References

  1. Extratropical Transformation of Typhoon Vicki (9807): Structural Change and the Role of Upper-tropospheric Disturbances
  2. "TYPHOON 2000 - Philippine Tropical Cyclones 1998 Season". www.typhoon2000.ph. Retrieved September 14, 2020.
  3. "デジタル台風：台風199807号 (VICKI) - 詳細経路情報（Google Maps版）". agora.ex.nii.ac.jp. Retrieved September 14, 2020.
  4. An Analysis of Typhoon 9807 (Vicki) Based on Surface Meteorological Records Obtained from Fire Stations
  5. ^ "台風第８・７号　平成10年（1998年）　９月20日～９月23日". www.data.jma.go.jp. Retrieved September 14, 2020.
  6. ^ ABS-CBN News (July 3, 2008). "Sulpicio loses court case on Princess of the Orient fatality". ABS-CBN News. Retrieved September 14, 2020.
  7. "DWDW 1017 transmitter fallout". Youtube. Retrieved February 2, 2024.

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Tropical cyclones of the 1998 Pacific typhoon season
TDAkang TSNichole TD03W TYOtto STSPenny TYRex TD07W STSStella TD09W TYTodd TYVicki TD12W TSWaldo TYYanni TD15W TD16W TD17W VITYZeb TDAlex VSTYBabs TSChip TSDawn TSElvis TYFaith TSGil TD26W TD27W


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