One of the most ferocious storms in 1990 occurred late in the season in November. Mike (9025) began as a tropical depression over the Caroline Islands on 6 November about 1 450 km east-southeast of Yap and intensified all the way to a typhoon about 80 km southeast of Yap three days later. Following a snake-like path, Mike reached the waters east of the Philippines late on 12 November. For the next 24 hours, it rampaged across the isles of central Philippines and inflicted severe damage on the country.
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