Portal:Tropical cyclones/Anniversaries/November

November 1

1991 - The Perfect Storm – a nor'easter that caused significant coastal damage in the northeastern United States – evolved into a minimal hurricane, but remained unnamed to reduce confusion. The system caused 12 deaths and US$200 million in damage.
1995 - Typhoon Angela (pictured) moved through the Philippines with estimated 1-minute sustained winds of 285 km/h (180 mph) with a pressure of 910 hPa. Angela killed 936 people in total and causing about $315 million in damages.
2024 - The 2024–25 Australian region and South Pacific cyclone seasons officially begins.

November 2

1997 - Tropical Storm Linda (pictured) made landfall on southern Vietnam and later moved across the Malay Peninsula, killing 3,123 people.

November 3

1989 - Typhoon Gay (pictured) made the strongest ever-recorded landfall in Thailand, killing a total of 1,036 people.
2015 - Cyclone Chapala became the strongest tropical cyclone on record to strike Yemen.
2020 - Hurricane Eta made landfall in Nicaragua as a Category 4 hurricane, killing 211 people and causing damages of over US$7.9 billion.

November 4

1984 - Typhoon Agnes makes landfall over in Visayas, Philippines as a Category 4, killing 1,029 people along with damage losses of $90.7 million.
2001 - Hurricane Michelle (pictured) made landfall on western Cuba as a Category 4 hurricane causing about $1.8 billion of damage throughout the country.

November 5

1991 - Tropical Storm Thelma (pictured) made landfall on Samar in the Philippines. Thelma killed around 6,000 people throughout the Philippines.

November 6

1988 - Typhoon Skip reached its peak intensity with 230 km/h (145 mph) winds just to the east of the Philippines. Skip made landfall soon after that, killing about 100 people.
1996 - A powerful cyclone (pictured) made landfall over Andhra Pradesh in southeastern India, killing 1,077 people, with total damages amounting to $602 million.

November 7

1984 - Hurricane Klaus made landfall in extreme eastern Puerto Rico shortly before it reached its peak intensity. Klaus brought heavy rain to the island, exceeding 635 mm (25 in) at Guavate Camp.
1994 - Hurricane Florence reaches peak strength as a Category 2.
2010 - Cyclone Jal (pictured) makes landfall near Tamil Nadu causing about $1.73 billion of damages.

November 8

2008 - Hurricane Paloma reaches peak intensity as a Category 4 as it made landfall over Cuba.
2013 - Typhoon Haiyan (pictured) made landfall in the Philippines as an intense Category 5 super typhoon, causing catastrophic damage and more than 6,000 deaths, becoming one of the most notable tropical cyclones ever documented.

November 9

1995 - A cyclone (pictured) made landfall over Andhra Pradesh, causing widespread damage across much of the country, later spawning a rare snowstorm in Nepal. It killed 236 people along its path.

November 10

2001 - Typhoon Lingling (pictured) reached its peak intensity in the South China Sea with a central pressure of 940 hPa (mbar) to the east of Vietnam which it made landfall on soon afterwards. Lingling was responsible for about 200 deaths in Vietnam and the Philippines.
2015 - Cyclone Megh makes landfall over Yemen, and is regarded as one of the worst cyclones to strike Socotra. Megh killed 18 people and damaged about $1.9 billion.

November 11

1961 - Typhoon Karen struck Guam near peak intensity, damaging or destroying 95% of the buildings on the island, and killing 11 people.
2020 - Typhoon Vamco makes landfall over Luzon, Philippines as a weak typhoon. Vamco became the sixth costliest typhoon in the Philippines, with estimated damages of ₱20.3 billion (US$421 million).

November 12

1970 - The 1970 Bhola cyclone (pictured) made landfall on the densely populated Ganges Delta in East Pakistan (now Bangladesh) killing up to 500,000 people and becoming the deadliest tropical cyclone in recorded history.
2002 - The 2002 West Bengal cyclone made landfall over in West Bengal, killing 173 people in total.

November 13

1900 - The strongest typhoon on record to strike Guam killed about 100 people on the island.
1977 - Typhoon Kim made landfall in the Philippines with 210 km/h (130 mph) winds. Flash flooding killed over 55 people and caused severe damage.
1984 - A cyclone (pictured) makes landfall over in India, killing 430 people in total.
1998 - Tropical Storm Chip affects Vietnam killing 17 people and causing 16.2 billion₫ (US$1 million) of damages.

November 14, 1990 - Typhoon Mike (pictured) reintensified in the South China Sea after killing over 250 people in the Philippines.

November 15

2006 - Hurricane Sergio reaches peak intensity as a Category 2 with winds of 175 km/h (110 mph), making it the third strongest Pacific hurricane on record in the month of November.
2007 - Cyclone Sidr (pictured) made landfall on the Bangladeshi coast killing about 10,000 people and causing $1.7 billion of damage, becoming one of the worst natural disasters to ever strike Bangladesh.

November 16

1985 - Typhoon Hazen reached its peak intensity of 955 hPa (mbar) to the west of Guam.
1989 - Cyclone Barisaona (pictured) reaches its peak intensity as a Category 3 with 10-minute winds of 140 km/h (85 mph).

November 17

1999 - Hurricane Lenny made landfall the island of Saint Croix at peak intensity causing extensive damage while maintaining an unprecedented west-east movement across the Caribbean Sea.
2020 - Hurricane Iota (pictured) makes landfall over Nicaragua, killing 61 people and causing damages of over US$1.4 billion.

November 18

1964 - Typhoon Louise moved through the Philippines, killing 576 people.
1991 - Cyclone Tia reaches its peak strength near Vanuatu, the first of six cyclones to affect the island during that cyclone season.
1994 - Hurricane Gordon (pictured) reached its peak intensity as a Category 1 hurricane to the east of North Carolina. Gordon had previously killed over 1,000 people in Haiti.

November 19

1970 - Typhoon Patsy makes landfall over the Philippine archipelago of Luzon as a strong typhoon. Patsy killed more than 260 people with damages losses of $80 million.
1979 - The 1977 Andhra Pradesh cyclone (pictured) made landfall on the coastline of the Indian state of Andhra Pradesh with winds of about 210 km/h (130 mph), killing over 10,000 people and destroying 40% of India's food grain.

November 20

1985 - Hurricane Kate (pictured) reached Category 3 strength in the eastern Gulf of Mexico. It made landfall in Florida the next day.
1992 - Cyclone Forrest reaches its maximum intensity as a Category 4 over in the Bay of Bengal, before re-curving and making landfall in Myanmar.
1994 - Cyclone 02A makes landfall over in Somalia, killing 30 people in total.

November 21

1992 - Typhoon Gay (pictured) reached its peak intensity with winds of 300 km/h (185 mph) in the open Pacific Ocean.
2015 - Typhoon In-fa reaches its peak strength as a Category 4 with 1-minute sustained winds of 220 km/h (140 mph) and a minimum pressure of 935 hPa.

November 22

1981 - Typhoon Irma (pictured) reached its peak intensity with winds of 250 km/h (155 mph) in the Philippine Sea as it approached its landfall in the northern Philippines. Irma caused over 200 deaths on Luzon.
2004 - Cyclone Bento rapidly intensifies into an intense Category 5 cyclone with 1-minute sustained winds of 260 km/h (160 mph) along with a pressure of 915 hPa, out in the Indian Ocean.

November 23

1978 - A powerful cyclone (pictured) struck northeastern Sri Lanka, killing 915 people.
1982 - Hurricane Iwa reached its peak intensity with winds of 145 km/h (90 mph) to the southwest of Hawaii. Iwa passed very close to the island of Kauai the next day causing about $200 million in damage.

November 24

1969 - Hurricane Martha made landfall in Panama with 115 km/h (70 mph) winds, becoming the only mature tropical cyclone ever recorded to impact the country.
2016 - Hurricane Otto (pictured) reaches peak strength as a Category 3 while making landfall in Nicaragua, causing over $190 million in damages and 23 fatalities. Otto was the first cyclone to crossover from the Atlantic basin to the East Pacific since 1996, and the first to retain its name while switching basins.

November 25

1839 - A powerful cyclone struck southern India, killing 300,000&nsp;people.
1987 - Typhoon Nina (pictured) hit southern Luzon with winds of 265 km/h (165 mph). Nina killed over 500 people in the Philippines and its storm surge destroyed 14 villages.
2007 - Typhoon Mitag makes landfall over northern Luzon killing 71 people.
2015 - Hurricane Sandra rapidly intensifies just before reaching its peak strength intensity as the strongest November Pacific hurricane on record.

November 26

1974 - Typhoon Irma reached its peak intensity with 215 km/h (135 mph) winds to the east of the Philippines.
1990 - Cyclone Sina maintains strength as it affects Fiji, causing damages of up to $18.7 million.
2003 - Typhoon Lupit (pictured) reached its maximum intensity as a Category 5 with 1-minute sustained winds of 270 km/h (165 mph). Lupit only caused minor damages over in the Pacific Islands.

November 27

1982 - Typhoon Pamela (pictured) reached its peak intensity as a 185 km/h (115 mph) typhoon as it passed through the Marshall Islands. Pamela caused extensive damage throughout several Pacific Islands.
2001 - Hurricane Olga reaches its peak strength as a Category 1 hurricane well to the east of Bermuda.
2013 - Cyclone Lehar makes landfall over in the Andhra Pradesh region.

November 28

2000 - Cyclone BOB 05 makes landfall near Cuddalore, which resulted in only 12 deaths and damages of up to ₹700 million rupees ($15 million USD).
2005 - Tropical Storm Delta became an extratropical cyclone as it passed to the north of the Canary Islands. The cyclone caused more than $350 million of damage.

November 29

1988 - A powerful cyclone (pictured) made landfall near the border of India and Bangladesh, killing 6,240 people.
2004 - Only as a weak system, Tropical Depression Winnie moved across Luzon in the Philippines, which brought extreme flooding which killed 1,593 people, making it one of the country's deadliest storms.
2004 - Cyclone Agni formed at 1.5° N in the Arabian Sea, marking the closest formation of a tropical cyclone to the equator; part of its circulation was in both hemispheres.

November 30

2006 - Typhoon Durian (pictured) made several landfalls in the central Philippines killing over 720 people and causing over $100 million in damage. Durian made landfall in Vietnam a week later, killing 80 people and causing an additional $400 million in damage.
2024 - The Atlantic hurricane and Pacific hurricane seasons officially end.