Typhoon Xangsane

Typhoon Xangsane (Milenyo)
Typhoon (JMA scale)
Category 4 (Saffir–Simpson scale)
Typhoon Xangsane approaching the Philippines on September 27
Formed	September 25, 2006
Dissipated	October 2, 2006


Highest winds	10-minute sustained: 155 km/h (100 mph) 1-minute sustained: 230 km/h (145 mph)
Lowest pressure	940 hPa (mbar); 27.76 inHg


Fatalities	At least 312 total
Damage	$750 million (2006 USD)
Areas affected	Philippines, China, Vietnam, Cambodia, Thailand

Part of the 2006 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 Xangsane, known in the Philippines as Typhoon Milenyo, was a deadly typhoon that affected the Philippines, Vietnam, and Thailand during the 2006 Pacific typhoon season. The name Xangsane was submitted by Laos and means elephant.

Xangsane made landfall in the Philippines, battering the northern islands with torrential rains and strong winds, and causing widespread flooding and landslides. After passing over Manila and emerging over the South China Sea, the typhoon made a second landfall in central Vietnam, also causing flooding and landslides there and in Thailand. The storm was responsible for at least 279 deaths, mostly in the Philippines and Vietnam, and at least $747 million (2006 USD) in damage.

Typhoon Xangsane originated in a disturbance embedded within the monsoon trough to the east of the Philippines. On September 23, a persistent area of convective thunderstorms was observed about 100 mi (160 km) northwest of Palau, in an environment favorable to tropical cyclogenesis. The Japan Meteorological Agency (JMA) declared the formation of a tropical depression at 00:00 UTC on September 25. Simultaneously, the Philippine Atmospheric, Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration (PAGASA) began warning on the tropical depression with the local name Milenyo. The Joint Typhoon Warning Center (JTWC; a joint United States Navy – Air Force agency that monitors tropical cyclones globally) issued a Tropical Cyclone Formation Alert around the same time, designating the disturbance Tropical Depression 18W at 12:00 UTC. The system quickly organized as it drifted westward, and according to both the JMA and the JTWC, it attained tropical storm intensity near 00:00 UTC on September 26. Consequently, it received the international name Xangsane. The name was submitted by Laos and means "elephant".

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