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SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 17, 1985

A JAPANESE CARGO SHIP WAS PARTLY SUNK SOUTH OF OKINAWA AND A CREW MEMBER KILLED.

IN SHANGHAI, A HOUSE UNDER CONSTRUCTION WAS BLOWN DOWN, RESULTING IN ONE PERSON KILLED AND THREE OTHERS INJURED.

IN SOUTHERN KOREA, 12 PEOPLE WERE KILLED, 20 INJURED AND 46 REPORTED MISSING.

BRENDA MADE 484 PEOPLE HOMELESS AND DAMAGED 254 HOUSES AND 857 VESSELS. ABOUT 3 000 HECTARES OF FARMLAND WERE INUNDATED. PROPERTY DAMAGES WAS ESTIMATED AT US$1 MILLION.

CECIL WHICH DEVELOPED AS A TROPICAL DEPRESSION OVER THE SULU SEA ABOUT 250 NAUTICAL MILES SOUTH OF MANILA ON OCTOBER 12 DESTROYED OR SANK 70 FISHING BOATS IN THE ILOILO AREA OF THE PHILIPPINES.

IT MOVED NORTHWESTWARDS OVER THE SOUTH CHINA SEA AND INTENSIFIED INTO A TYPHOON ABOUT 210 NAUTICAL MILES SOUTHEAST OF XISHA ON OCTOBER 14.

EARLY ON OCTOBER 16, CECIL CROSSED THE COAST OF VIETNAM ABOUT 80 NAUTICAL MILES NORTHWEST OF DANANG, BRINGING TREMENDOUS DAMAGE TO CENTRAL VIETNAM. CECIL CAUSED THE DEATH OF 769 PEOPLE WHILE 128 WERE REPORTED MISSING AND 200 WERE INJURED.

IT ALSO RESULTED IN 130 000 HOUSES COLLAPSING OR BEING DAMAGED WHILE ABOUT 70 000 HECTARES OF CROPS WERE DEVASTATED.

DURING THE EVENING CECIL MOVED WESTWARDS ACROSS LAOS TO THAILAND WHERE IT DISSIPATED. IT BROUGHT HEAVY RAIN TO NORTHERN AND NORTHEASTERN THAILAND, CAUSING THE DEATH OF ONE PERSON.

DOT ORIGINATED ABOUT 290 NAUTICAL MILES SOUTHEAST OF GUAM ON OCTOBER 13. IT MOVED WEST-NORTHWESTWARDS AND INTENSIFIED INTO A TYPHOON ABOUT 420 NAUTICAL MILES WEST OF GUAM ON OCTOBER 15.

PASSING ABOUT 50 NAUTICAL MILES NORTH OF MANILA, THPHOON DOT CROSSED LUZON EARLY ON OCTOBER 19 AND BROUGHT ABOUT A DEATH TOLL OF 69 IN THE PHILIPPINES.

ON OCTOBER 21 DOT CROSSED THE SOUTH CHINA SEA AND PASSED CLOSE

IT THEN CROSSED THE TO YULIN ON THE SOUTHERN TIP OF HAINAN. VIETNAM COAST THAT EVENING ABOUT 150 NAUTICAL MILES SOUTH OF HANOI AND DISSIPATED OVER LAOS THE FOLLOWING DAY.

TROPICAL STORM ELLIS FORMED ABOUT 460 NAUTICAL MILES EAST- SOUTHEAST OF GUAM ON OCTOBER 16 AND REMAINED SLOW-MOVING. IT INTENS IF IED INTO A SEVERE TROPICAL STORM ON OCTOBER 18, MOVING SOUTHWESTWARDS THAT DAY AND THE FOLLOWING DAY.

ELLIS THEN TURNED WEST-NORTHWESTWARDS ON OCTOBER 20 AND DISSIPATED OVER THE OCEAN ABOUT 110 NAUTICAL MILES WEST OF YAP EARLY ON OCTOBER 22.

/TROPICAL DEPRESSION