&sq=Google&lang=en&file=File:Kyle_Nov_23_1993_0843Z.png) Typhoon Kyle at peak intensity, nearing landfall at Vietnam on November 23 | |
| Meteorological history | |
|---|---|
| Formed | November 18, 1993 |
| Dissipated | November 23, 1993 |
| Typhoon | |
| 10-minute sustained (JMA) | |
| Highest winds | 130 km/h (80 mph) |
| Lowest pressure | 955 hPa (mbar); 28.20 inHg |
| Category 2-equivalent typhoon | |
| 1-minute sustained (SSHWS/JTWC) | |
| Highest winds | 175 km/h (110 mph) |
| Lowest pressure | 960 hPa (mbar); 28.35 inHg |
| Overall effects | |
| Fatalities | 110 confirmed |
| Missing | 59 |
| Damage | >$1.5 million (1993 USD) |
| Areas affected | |
Part of the 1993 Pacific typhoon season | |
Typhoon Kyle, known in the Philippines as Typhoon Luring, was the first of five deadly tropical cyclones that affected and impacted the Philippines and Vietnam during the 1993 Pacific typhoon season. The twenty-seventh named storm and thirteenth typhoon of the season, Kyle formed from a monsoon depression near Palau, associated with bursts of scattered convection. It then drifted west-northwest, strengthening to a tropical storm the next day. Land interaction prevented further intensification, and it crossed through the central Philippines while maintaining its intensity on November 20. Upon entering the South China Sea, the system strengthened to a severe tropical storm before rapidly intensifying to a typhoon, three days later. It soon reached its peak intensity that day, with one-minute maximum sustained winds of 175 km/h (110 mph), equivalent to a mid-level Category 2 typhoon. It held its strength until landfall in Vietnam later that evening. Weakening through the mountainous terrain of the country, it dissipated near the Cambodia–Thailand border on November 24.
The typhoon caused over 106 confirmed deaths, mainly are from Vietnam. Landslides and large swaths of flash floods are also seen and reported, as far as Thailand. The typhoon, overall, caused over $1.5 million (1993 USD) in total, mainly are from washed-out crops and farmlands in the country. The Philippines also reported some power outages, flooding and a fatality, but due to the sparse coverage from the typhoon, the total damages and overall deaths were unknown.