The typhoon was first identified 370 nautical miles (690 km) southeast of the Philippines on October 19.

After that, it then made five more landfalls over Luzon, passing over Manila with sustained winds of at least 145 mph (235 km/h) and a minimum pressure of 960 hPa (28 inHg).

Moving into the South China Sea on October 22, the typhoon was not tracked further.

In Santa Lucia, eleven vessels wound up on the shore,[2] with a further six suffering some damage.

[4] At least six men died when pieces of iron roofing collapsed on them and were blown a distance by the typhoon's winds.