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Tropical Depression Weling - Sep 1994

Disaster description

Luke developed as a tropical depression about 920 km east of Manila on the evening of 7 September. Moving northwestwards towards the Luzon Strait, it intensified to a tropical storm the next morning. Luke crossed the Luzon Strait on 10 September and entered the South China Sea early the next day. (Govt. China-Hong Kong, 17 May 2000)

Tropical Depression 'Weling' […] hit Northern Philippines on 10-11 September, causing heavy rains and flash flooding in the provinces of Ilocos Norte and Cagayan. As of 14 September, the National Disaster Coordinating Council reported 1,925 families (or 5,950 persons) affected in the Municipalities of Paoay, San Nicolas, and Pasuquin in Ilocos Norte, and 10,877 families (or 48,724 persons) in 15 municipalities in Cagay an, including 7 dead. Damage to agricultural crops, infrastructure, and livestock amounted to about USD 3.9 million. (UN DHA, 16 Sep 1994)

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