&sq=&lang=&file=File:Flo_Oct_3_1993_2300Z.png) Satellite image of Typhoon Flo approaching the Philippines on October 4, with Typhoon Ed to its east | |
| Meteorological history | |
|---|---|
| Formed | October 1, 1993 |
| Extratropical | October 8, 1993 |
| Dissipated | October 11, 1993 |
| Typhoon | |
| 10-minute sustained (JMA) | |
| Highest winds | 120 km/h (75 mph) |
| Lowest pressure | 970 hPa (mbar); 28.64 inHg |
| Category 1-equivalent typhoon | |
| 1-minute sustained (SSHWS/JTWC) | |
| Highest winds | 130 km/h (80 mph) |
| Overall effects | |
| Fatalities | 576[1] |
| Damage | $188 million (1993 USD) |
| Areas affected | Philippines |
Part of the 1993 Pacific typhoon season | |
Typhoon Flo, known in the Philippines as Typhoon Kadiang, was a catastrophic and deadly minimal typhoon that hit the northern Philippines during October 1993. It also caused the largest 72-hour forecast error for the year due to its interaction with the nearby Super Typhoon Ed. The twenty-seventh depression, twenty-second named storm and the eleventh typhoon of the 1993 Pacific typhoon season, Flo originated from an area of convection that was embedded from a monsoon trough during September 28. Two days later, a tropical depression formed within this trough, to the west of Guam. Slowly organizing, it remained a tropical depression until on October 2, when it strengthened to a tropical storm and was given the name Flo by the Japan Meteorological Agency. Slight wind shear from nearby Ed inhibited development; however, it intensified to a minimal typhoon as it neared the coastline of Luzon. On October 3, it made landfall near the Isabela-Aurora in its peak. It then crossed the country while weakening, and moved ashore near the South China Sea the next morning. It then unexpectedly moved back to the country due to its interaction with Ed, and it moved back to the Philippine Sea on October 17 before accelerating to the south of Japan. It then became extratropical on the next day.
Flo caused over 500 deaths, mainly due to flash floods. Some houses were also buried in mud due to the lahar released by Mount Pinatubo. The total damages from the typhoon were finalized at $188 million (1993 USD).[2]
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