Wikipedia:Featured article candidates/Tropical Storm Thelma/archive1


 * The following is an archived discussion of a featured article nomination. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made on the article's talk page or in Wikipedia talk:Featured article candidates. No further edits should be made to this page.

The article was archived by Ian Rose via FACBot (talk) 07:35, 6 December 2015.

Tropical Storm Thelma

 * Nominator(s): ~ Cyclonebiskit (chat) 19:41, 8 November 2015 (UTC)

What would appear to be little more than a non-notable tropical storm at first glance, Thelma is in actuality one of the worst natural disasters in the history of the Philippines. In mere hours, flash floods produced by Thelma obliterated cities and killed at least 5,000 people—with Ormoc City sustaining the worst of its wrath—marking (at the time) the second-deadliest tropical cyclone in the nation's history. Although the true toll will never be known, Thelma soundly rests as a benchmark storm for the Philippines in terms of flash floods. In 2013, Typhoon Haiyan devastated similar areas and proved to be the worst disaster in the history of the Philippines.

It's been about 2.5 years since I wrote the article, but it should still be the most comprehensive account of this event available. Thelma is a reminder to all that just because a storm is "weak", doesn't mean it's not capable of catastrophic impact. ~ Cyclonebiskit (chat) 19:41, 8 November 2015 (UTC)

Closing comment -- this nom is obviously a non-starter so I'll archive it shortly; given the lack of commentary I'm happy to waive the usual two-week waiting period before a re-nomination. Cheers, Ian Rose (talk) 07:35, 6 December 2015 (UTC)

Ian Rose (talk) 07:35, 6 December 2015 (UTC)
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