dexterlabio wrote:The NE Luzon coastline is not capable of having high storm surge like that observed from Haiyan in Leyte and Samar. This part of the world is not new to Cat4-5's, but never have I heard those areas suffering from storm surge.
Cat 5s that managed to strike the Mainland NE Luzon includes:
Sty Gordon - July 15, 1989 - Cagayan -140 knots
Sty Elsie - October 19,1989 - Dinapigue, Isabela - 140 knots
Sty Zeb - October 14, 1998 - Palanan, Isabela - 155 knots
Sty Megi - October 18, 2010 - Palanan/ Divilacan, Isabela - 150 knots
* Noul (May 10, 2015) almost made the list, the eye scraped the NE tip of Luzon but the center of the eye ramained offshore.
* Typhoon Sally (September 8,1964) also missed the NE tip of Luzon Mainland but managed to make landfall over Calayan and Dalupiri island as 140 knots Supertyphoon.
* Typhoon Sally missed the NE tip of Luzon on September 7, 1996 (This one is spooky -same name, intensity, landfall point and month with 1964 Sally) but made landfall over Dalupiri island (based on JTWCbest track) as 140 knots Supertyphoon.
* There are lots of high-end cat 4 landfalls in NE Luzon
I think NE Luzon is more prone to high surf than storm surge due to the inclination of sea floor.
Siera Madre Mountains lie just beside the coast.
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