Typhoon Gilda (1959)
Typhoon Gilda was an intense tropical cyclone that struck regions of the central Philippines in December 1959. An unusually strong late-season storm, Gilda developed on December 13 from a disturbance first identified southeast of Chuuk State three days prior. Steadily intensifying, Gilda reached typhoon strength the next day and proceeded in a general westward track towards the Philippines. On December 18, the typhoon peaked with maximum sustained winds of 280 km/h (175 mph) shortly before the storm made landfall on Samar with a slightly weakened intensity. After passing into the South China Sea, Gilda steadily weakened and made a final landfall in southern Vietnam before dissipating on December 22 over Cambodia. Damage in the Philippines was extensive, and in some locations telecommunicat
Link from a Wikipage to another Wikipage
primaryTopic
Typhoon Gilda (1959)
Typhoon Gilda was an intense tropical cyclone that struck regions of the central Philippines in December 1959. An unusually strong late-season storm, Gilda developed on December 13 from a disturbance first identified southeast of Chuuk State three days prior. Steadily intensifying, Gilda reached typhoon strength the next day and proceeded in a general westward track towards the Philippines. On December 18, the typhoon peaked with maximum sustained winds of 280 km/h (175 mph) shortly before the storm made landfall on Samar with a slightly weakened intensity. After passing into the South China Sea, Gilda steadily weakened and made a final landfall in southern Vietnam before dissipating on December 22 over Cambodia. Damage in the Philippines was extensive, and in some locations telecommunicat
has abstract
Typhoon Gilda was an intense t ...... and US$1.5 million in damage.
@en
Link from a Wikipage to an external page
Wikipage page ID
43,336,652
page length (characters) of wiki page
Wikipage revision ID
1,011,345,662
Link from a Wikipage to another Wikipage
1-min winds
Areas
Basin
WPac
@en
Damages
Dissipated
1959-12-22
fatalities
formed
1959-12-13
Hurricane season
image location
@en
image name
Surface weather analysis of Gilda at peak intensity on December 7
@en
name
Typhoon Gilda
@en
pressure
type
typhoon
@en
wikiPageUsesTemplate
hypernym
comment
Typhoon Gilda was an intense t ...... some locations telecommunicat
@en
label
Typhoon Gilda (1959)
@en