March 20, 1902, was reported to have occurred March 8,
1904. During that period 166,252 cases, with 109,461 deaths,

Typhoon Haiphong
When: October 8, 1881
Where: Northern Luzon
Impact: 20,000 fatalities

Typhoon Hayaan
The most disastrous typhoon in recent history.

February 1, 1814
The Cagsawa church ruins in Albay stands as
a reminder to the Mayon volcano’s most
destructive explosion,
which recorded 1200 casualties.

Tropical Storm Thelma (Uring)
When: November 4, 1991
Where: Visayas region
Impact: 5,000-8,000 fatalities,
3,000 missing; USD $27.6 million damage
Although not technically a typhoon, Tropical Storm Uring ranks third in the deadliest storms to ever hit the Philippines. Although its winds were far from the strongest on record, it did cause torrential rainfall in many areas of the Visayas. Much of the region received around 150 mm or 6 inches of rainfall, but Leyte in particular had as heavy as 580.5 mm (22.85 inches). This rainfall overwhelmed the Anilao-Malbasag watershed and rivers,
causing widespread and devastating flooding.

Moro Gulf earthquake
With a 7.9 magnitude and almost 3,000 casualties,
this Mindanao earthquake is officially the strongest
and deadliest earthquake in Philippine history.
Almost 40, 000 people in Regions 9 and 12 were also
left homeless by this tragedy

Mt. Hibok-Hibok
In the morning of December 4, 1951, the volcano erupted
again. This time, however,
it unleashed boiling lava,
poisonous gases, and landslides
enough to destroy nearly 19 square kilometres (7.3 sq mi) of land particularly in Mambajao. All in all, over 3,000 people were killed. Before the eruption of Mt. Hibok-Hibok in 1951, the population of Camiguin had reached 69,000. After the eruption, the
population was reduced to about 34,000 due to massive emigration.

Angela Typhoon
When: 1867
Where: Philippines
Impact: 1,800 fatalities

The next typhoon on our list also has the particular
distinction of being the oldest, deadliest typhoon to
hit the Philippines in recorded history.
Though not much is known about Angela Typhoon
besides the number of fatalities caused
by its arrival, its impact was large enough on
Philippine history to keep the dubious honor of
being the fifth deadliest typhoon to ever hit our shores.

Hernani/Hernan 1897 typhoon
When: October 7, 1897
Where: Samar, Leyte
Impact: 1,500 killed
Although Typhoon Yolanda may be the freshest
in recent memory, the provinces of Samar and
Leyte are no strangers to deadly weather events.
An unnamed typhoon that made landfall in October 1897 tore through the island of Leyte a little over two hundred years before Yolanda. Though it wasn’t given a meteorological name, it caused enough extensive damage to claim the lives of approximately 1,500 people. It was recorded by the Observatorio de Manila, quoted here by Rappler, as causing incredible storm surges and
total destruction of many towns in Samar and Leyte.

The island is formed by overlapping stratovolcanoes, c
inder cones and tuff rings (maars). Historic
eruptions have seen the constant change
and growth of the island.
Taal caused one of the worst volcano
disasters in history: its eruption in 1911 killed
1334 people and caused ash fall as far as Manila city.
The 1754 eruption lasted for almost seven months,
and was the volcano’s biggest eruption in recorded history.
It buried four towns in Batangas province under ash,
volcanic rocks and water, and ashfall as thick
as 40 inches was reported in some areas,

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