&sq=Google&lang=en&file=File:MargeSep1973.gif) | |
| Meteorological history | |
|---|---|
| Formed | September 10, 1973 |
| Dissipated | September 15, 1973 |
| Unknown-strength storm | |
| 10-minute sustained (JMA) | |
| Lowest pressure | 965 hPa (mbar); 28.50 inHg |
| Category 1-equivalent typhoon | |
| 1-minute sustained (SSHWS/JTWC) | |
| Highest winds | 150 km/h (90 mph) |
| Overall effects | |
| Fatalities | 903 total |
| Areas affected | Philippines, South China, Vietnam, Laos, Thailand, Myanmar |
Part of the 1973 Pacific typhoon season | |
Typhoon Marge, known in the Philippines as Typhoon Ibiang, was a typhoon that formed in September 1973. The Chinese town of Jiaji in Qionghai, Hainan recorded a minimum central pressure of 937.8 hPa when Marge made landfall. 903 people were killed in Hainan when Marge landed in Ninh Bình and Thanh Hóa provinces in North Vietnam in mid September, 1973.