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Typhoon Kujira - May 2009

Status
Past
Countries
Philippines
Disaster types
Tropical Cyclone

Tropical Depression "Dante" (International Name: Kujira) intensified into a storm on 3 May 2009. (Govt. of the Philippines, 3 May 2009). By 6 May, 43,215 families (236,892 persons) in 369 barangays of 45 municipalities in five provinces of Region V were affected by the storm. The number of deaths reached 27 (Sorsogon: 21, Camarines Norte: 2, Camarines Sur: 3, Catanduanes: 1). Reported causes of death were landslides, drowning, electrocution or hypothermia. (Govt. of the Philippines, 6 May 2009)