Typhoon Ike
| Typhoon (JMA scale) | |
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| Category 4 (Saffir–Simpson scale) | |
Ike on September 1 at peak intensity near the Philippines
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| Formed | August 26, 1984 |
| Dissipated | September 6, 1984 |
| Highest winds |
10-minute sustained: 165 km/h (105 mph) 1-minute sustained: 230 km/h (145 mph) |
| Lowest pressure | 950 hPa (mbar); 28.05 inHg |
| Fatalities | 1,440 total |
| Damage | $1 billion (1984 USD) |
| Areas affected | |
| Part of the 1984 Pacific typhoon season | |
Typhoon Ike, known in the Philippines as Typhoon Nitang, was the deadliest typhoon of the 1984 Pacific typhoon season and crossed the Philippines in September. This tropical cyclone formed on August 27 in the Philippine Sea, and strengthened as it moved westward into the southern Philippines, becoming a typhoon on August 31. Typhoon Ike caused extreme wind and flooding damage when it crossed the Philippines, resulting in 1492 fatalities, one of the Philippines' worst natural disaster in modern times, and its worst typhoon since Amy struck the archipelago in 1951. A total of 200,000 to 480,000 were left homeless. Emerging from the Philippines as a strong tropical storm, Ike restrengthened as it tracked northwest through the South China Sea across northeast Hainan Island. Weakening back into a tropical storm, Ike moved inland into mainland China. In Hong Kong, winds gusted to 49 knots (91 km/h) at Tate's Cairn. Extensive crop damage was experienced in southern China, with Ike becoming the most significant tropical cyclone to strike Guangxi since 1954. Total damage was reportedly US$111 million (1984 dollars). The name Ike was retired after this season. Typhoon Ike was recorded with a 220 km/h gust and an estimated 185 km/h msw in Surigao on September 2 and is one of the intense tropical cyclones and devastating and deadliest to hit the RP.
The meteorological history of Typhoon Ike can be traced back to an innocuous circulation of wind first identified as part of the region's monsoon trough southeast of Guam on August 21. Over the next few days, the disturbance failed to develop as a result of inhibiting wind shear which remained over the area. However, the shear quickly abated on August 25, allowing for convection to build and persist over the system's center of circulation; this prompted the Japan Meteorological Agency (JMA) to start monitoring the system at 06:00 UTC on August 26. Later that day, the Joint Typhoon Warning Center (JTWC) issued a Tropical Cyclone Formation Alert for the system, following a rapid increase in the system's organization. Tracking generally northward, it continued to improve in organization and became more compact, allowing both the JMA the JTWC to upgrade the system to tropical storm intensity on August 27.
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