Typhoon Vicki
Typhoon Vicki on September 22, 1998 | |
| Meteorological history | |
|---|---|
| Formed | September 17, 1998 |
| Dissipated | September 22, 1998 |
| Typhoon | |
| 10-minute sustained (JMA) | |
| Highest winds | 140 km/h (85 mph) |
| Lowest pressure | 960 hPa (mbar); 28.35 inHg |
| Category 2-equivalent typhoon | |
| 1-minute sustained (SSHWS/JTWC) | |
| Highest winds | 165 km/h (105 mph) |
| Overall effects | |
| Fatalities | 108 total |
| Missing | 10 |
| Damage | $1.22 billion (1998 USD) |
| Areas affected | Philippines, Japan |
| IBTrACS | |
Part of the 1998 Pacific typhoon season | |
Typhoon Vicki, known in the Philippines as Typhoon Gading, was a moderately strong typhoon that was notable for having a rather unusual eastward-northeastward track through the Philippines and Japan. The eleventh tropical depression, seventh named tropical storm and fourth typhoon of the inactive 1998 Pacific typhoon season, Vicki originated from an area of disturbed weather in the South China Sea.