Meteorological history | |
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Formed | July 9, 1991 |
Dissipated | July 15, 1991 |
Typhoon | |
10-minute sustained (JMA) | |
Highest winds | 120 km/h (75 mph) |
Lowest pressure | 970 hPa (mbar); 28.64 inHg |
Category 2-equivalent typhoon | |
1-minute sustained (SSHWS/JTWC) | |
Highest winds | 155 km/h (100 mph) |
Lowest pressure | 970 hPa (mbar); 28.64 inHg |
Overall effects | |
Fatalities | 33 |
Missing | 13 |
Damage | $960 million (1991 USD) |
Areas affected | Philippines, Hong Kong, southern China |
Part of the 1991 Pacific typhoon season |
Typhoon Zeke, known in the Philippines as Typhoon Etang,[1] was the first of two typhoons to make landfall in China within a week during mid-July 1991. An area of disturbed weather developed east of the Philippines towards the end of the first week of July. Tracking west-northwestward, the disturbance organized into a tropical depression on July 9. After tracking across the Philippines, where it left two people missing and injured three others, the depression intensified into a tropical storm on July 10. The storm steadily deepened as it moved across the South China Sea, and on July 12 it strengthened into a typhoon. While at its peak intensity of 120 km/h (75 mph),[nb 1] Zeke moved onshore at Hainan, where it began to weaken. The system tracked across Vietnam on July 13, and dissipated within two days after moving inland.
Across Hainan, 30 people were killed and 77 others were injured. Nearly 3,700 homes were destroyed and over 58,000 others were damaged. Around 900,000 ha (2,200,000 acres) of farmland was flooded. Eighty-three ships sunk and thirty-eight bridges collapsed. Overall, damage in the province was estimated at ¥5.1 billion (US$956 million).[nb 2] In the province of Guangxi, at least one person was killed and another injured, while over 180 houses were destroyed and 5,000 others damaged. Offshore Fangchenggang, two people died and seven went missing after a ship sunk. Elsewhere, in the province of Guangdong, four people were reported missing and 1,170 homes were destroyed. More than 30,000 ha (74,130 acres) of farmland was destroyed, and overall damage was estimated at ¥19.4 million (US$3.63 million). Nationwide, 33 people were killed and 11 others were listed as missing.
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