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Tropical Depression Winnie
Tropical depression (JMA scale)
Tropical depression (SSHWS)
	Tropical Depression Winnie near the Philippines.
Formed	November 27, 2004
Dissipated	November 29, 2004
Highest winds	10-minute sustained: 55 km/h (35 mph) ; 1-minute sustained: 55 km/h (35 mph) ;
Lowest pressure	1000 hPa (mbar); 29.53 inHg
Fatalities	407–893 direct
Damage	$12.75 million (2004 USD)
Areas affected	Philippines
	Part of the 2004 Pacific typhoon season

Tropical Depression Winnie (sometimes known as 97W.INVEST) was a large, yet badly organized tropical cyclone that hit the Philippines, causing heavy damage. The 23rd tropical cyclone to hit the country this year, the depression was only monitored as such by PAGASA, which gave it the name Winnie, the Japanese Meteorological Agency and the Central Weather Bureau of Taiwan.

The depression hit the Philippines as part of four consecutive cyclones to have done so in the space of two weeks. The other three were Typhoon Muifa (Unding), Tropical Storm Merbok (Violeta), and Typhoon Nanmadol (Yoyong). Despite being the weakest of the four, Winnie was the most devastating, claiming between 407 to 893 lives and causing over ten million (2004 USD) in damage. At the time, it was the costliest of the four typhoons, but a later analysis placed Nanmadol's total as higher than Winnie's. Despite this, Winnie remains the sixteenth deadliest tropical cyclone to have ever affected the Philippines, and possibly ranks higher.

Storm history edit

Map plotting the storm's track and intensity, according to the Saffir–Simpson scale

Map key

Saffir–Simpson scale

Tropical depression (≤38 mph, ≤62 km/h)
Tropical storm (39–73 mph, 63–118 km/h)
Category 1 (74–95 mph, 119–153 km/h)
Category 2 (96–110 mph, 154–177 km/h)
Category 3 (111–129 mph, 178–208 km/h)
Category 4 (130–156 mph, 209–251 km/h)
Category 5 (≥157 mph, ≥252 km/h)
Unknown

Storm type

Tropical cyclone

Subtropical cyclone

Extratropical cyclone, remnant low, tropical disturbance, or monsoon depression

Impact edit

Retirement edit

The name Winnie was later retired from the PAGASA names lists following this storm. The name was replaced with Warren.^[1]

^ Typhoon 2000 (2008). "The Phillipine Tropical Cyclone Names". Retrieved 2008-06-05.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)

[PAGASA_Names-1] Typhoon 2000 (2008). "The Phillipine Tropical Cyclone Names". Retrieved 2008-06-05.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)

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