page_title: Typhoon Maggie
hierarchical_section_title: Typhoon Maggie
caption_attribution_description: Image of Typhoon Maggie of the 1999 Pacific typhoon season on 6 June 1999
context_page_description: Typhoon Maggie, known in the Philippines as Typhoon Etang, was a large and powerful typhoon that affected the Philippines and southeast Asia. The sixth tropical cyclone and second typhoon of the 1999 Pacific typhoon season, Maggie developed from a monsoon trough over the Philippine Sea on June 1. Quickly intensifying to tropical storm strength the following day, Maggie followed a northward course as it continued to intensify, reaching typhoon strength at 18:00 UTC as it turned northwestward. Maggie rapidly intensified to reach its peak intensity as a Category 3 equivalent typhoon on June 5 as it passed through the Luzon Strait. The typhoon brushed Taiwan on June 6 and began to weaken, making landfall near Hong Kong as a minimal typhoon on June 7. Afterward, Maggie weakened to a tropical storm as it briefly moved offshore. The storm moved back onshore the following day and quickly weakened, degenerating into a remnant area of low pressure on June 8.
  Heavy rainfall from Maggie caused flooding and mudslides in the Philippines, which claimed the lives of three people. The typhoon caused an additional two fatalities in Taiwan, while five others were reported missing.
context_section_description: Typhoon Maggie, known in the Philippines as Typhoon Etang, was a large and powerful typhoon that affected the Philippines and southeast Asia. The sixth tropical cyclone and second typhoon of the 1999 Pacific typhoon season, Maggie developed from a monsoon trough over the Philippine Sea on June 1. Quickly intensifying to tropical storm strength the following day, Maggie followed a northward course as it continued to intensify, reaching typhoon strength at 18:00 UTC as it turned northwestward. Maggie rapidly intensified to reach its peak intensity as a Category 3 equivalent typhoon on June 5 as it passed through the Luzon Strait. The typhoon brushed Taiwan on June 6 and began to weaken, making landfall near Hong Kong as a minimal typhoon on June 7. Afterward, Maggie weakened to a tropical storm as it briefly moved offshore. The storm moved back onshore the following day and quickly weakened, degenerating into a remnant area of low pressure on June 8.
  Heavy rainfall from Maggie caused flooding and mudslides in the Philippines, which claimed the lives of three people. The typhoon caused an additional two fatalities in Taiwan, while five others were reported missing. In the Chinese province of Guangdong, the typhoon left four people dead and damaged thousands of homes. The outer bands of the system produced moderate rainfall in parts of Indochina, causing localized flooding. Total damages from Maggie were estimated to be $168 million (USD).
caption: Typhoon Maggie after peak intensity south of China on June 6
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