TCAR - Typhoon Committee

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ESCAP/WMO
Typhoon Committee Annual Review 2009
2.2.17
PARMA (0917)
27 September – 14 October
PARMA (0917) formed as a tropical depression over the western North Pacific south of Guam at 18 UTC on 27
September and moved west-southwestwards. It intensified into a tropical storm at 06 UTC and a severe tropical
storm at 18 UTC on 29 September as it turned to move west-northwestwards. Maintaining its northwesterly
track, it was upgraded into a typhoon at 06 UTC on 30 September over the sea east of the Philippines and
attained its peak intensity with maximum sustained wind of 185 km/h and a central pressure of 930 hPa at 00
UTC on 1 October. Parma crossed the northern part of Luzon on 3 October and remained lingering around this
area for the following 6 days while diminishing its intensity. Parma weakened into a severe tropical storm at
18 UTC on 3 October, a tropical storm at 18 UTC on 6 October and a tropical depression over the South China
Sea at 00 UTC on 10 October. While moving westwards, it re-intensified to tropical storm at 00 UTC the next
day. Turning to move west-northwestwards, Parma crossed the Hainan Island and weakened into a tropical
depression at 00 UTC on 14 October and dissipated later over Beibu Wan at 18 UTC.
There were more than 23 million people were affected in China and 7 people died and 10 missing. The economic
loss was about 69 million US dollars. In the Philippines more than 950,000 families were affected. The combined
economic loss due to Ketsana and Parma was estimated about 4.3 billion US dollars.