page_title: Typhoon Billie (1976)
section_title: Impact
hierarchical_section_title: Typhoon Billie (1976) / Impact
caption_attribution_description: English: damage in Taiwan after Typhoon Billie http://www.npmoc.navy.mil/jtwc/atcr/1976atcr/pdf/wnp/13.pdf
context_page_description: Typhoon Billie was an early August Category 4 typhoon that left 48 people dead and eight others missing and left $2.6 million in damage in Taiwan and eastern China after its 3449 km track across the far western Pacific.
context_section_description: Billie skirted the Ryūkyū Islands before making landfall in Taiwan and again in eastern China, producing huge waves that drowned 41 fishermen and swimmers along the coast of Japan. A JTWC weather station in Miyakojima reported a barometric pressure of 962 millibars and winds of 51 mph (82 km/h). In Ishigakijima, a weather station reported winds of 109 mph (176 km/h) and a barometric pressure of 952 millibars.
  Billie's second landfall was south of Taipei, Taiwan where a weather station reported 81 mph (130 km/h) winds. However, at the Taipei International Airport, the winds were at 40 mph (65 km/h) with gusts up to 75 mph (120 km/h). Billie's impact in Taiwan was destructive as the storm sank three ships and damaged several others and killed seven people, leaving eight others missing, injured 24 and left $2.6 million (1976 USD, $8.9 million 2005 USD) in damage.
  The third and final landfall was in eastern China as a tropical storm which brought 70 mph (113 km/h) winds and heavy rain but there were no reports of deaths or damage reported. The name Billie was not retired after the 1976 Pacific typhoon season.
caption: Damage in Taiwan after Typhoon Billie
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