Typhoon Rammasun

Typhoon Rammasun (Glenda)
Typhoon (JMA scale)
Category 5 (Saffir–Simpson scale)
Typhoon Rammasun near peak intensity on July 18 as it skirted Hainan Island
Formed	July 9, 2014 (2014-07-09)
Dissipated	July 20, 2014 (2014-07-20)


Highest winds	10-minute sustained: 165 km/h (105 mph) 1-minute sustained: 260 km/h (160 mph)
Lowest pressure	935 hPa (mbar); 27.61 inHg


Fatalities	195 total
Damage	$7.13 billion (2014 USD)
Areas affected	Caroline Islands Mariana Islands Philippines China Hong Kong Macau Vietnam

Part of the 2014 Pacific typhoon season

Costliest Philippine typhoons

Rank	Name	Year	PHP	USD
1	Haiyan (Yolanda)	2013	89.6 billion	2.02 billion
2	Bopha (Pablo)	2012	42.2 billion	1.04 billion
3	Rammasun (Glenda)	2014	38.6 billion	871 million
4	Parma (Pepeng)	2009	27.3 billion	608 million
5	Nesat (Pedring)	2011	15 billion	333 million
6	Fengshen (Frank)	2008	13.5 billion	301 million
7	Koppu (Lando)	2015	11 billion	236 million
8	Megi (Juan)	2010	11 billion	255 million
9	Ketsana (Ondoy)	2009	11 billion	244 million
10	Mike (Ruping)	1990	10.8 billion	241 million

Sources Destructive Typhoons from 1970 until 2003 by NDRRMC. Situation Report No. 50 of the Effects of TS Ondoy and TY Pepeng by NDRRMC. Situation Report No. 27 of the Effects of TS Juan by NDRRMC. Situation Report No. 38 of the Effects of TY Pablo by the NDRRMC. NDRRMC Updates re Effects of TY YOLANDA (HAIYAN) NDRRMC FINAL REPORT re Effects of Typhoon "GLENDA" (RAMMASUN) SitRep No.26 re Preparedness Measures and Effects of Typhoon LANDO (KOPPU)

Typhoon Rammasun, known in the Philippines as Typhoon Glenda, was one of only two Category 5 super typhoons on record in the South China Sea, with the other being Pamela in 1954. Rammasun had destructive impacts across the Philippines, South China, and Vietnam in July 2014. It was the seventh tropical cyclone of the season to be named by the Philippine Atmospheric, Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration (PAGASA). Rammasun is a Siamese word for thunder god. After Lingling and Kajiki earlier in 2014, Rammasun became the third tropical cyclone, and first typhoon to directly impact the Philippines in 2014. The storm formed in the Intertropical Convergence Zone, an area near the equator where the northeast and southeast trade winds come together, and slowly drifted northwest. Having passed through the islands of Micronesia, the system turned west and quickly moved under the influence of a subtropical ridge (STR). Rammasun posed a significant threat to the Philippine island of Luzon, as it was expected to reach typhoon intensity before making landfall there. Though initially forecast to make landfall in Cagayan Valley, the storm followed a more westerly path and was later forecast to make landfall in the Bicol Region and then pass through Bataan and Zambales before brushing past Metro Manila.

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