Super Typhoon Nanmadol, known in the Philippines as Super Typhoon Kyla was the deadliest, costliest and destructive typhoon to hit the Philippines. The typhoon destroyed a lot, killed a lot, and left many missing in Luzon. It formed as a low pressure area on August 6, 2017, and within 24 hours, before entering the Philippine Area of Responsibility, intensifited explosively from a Category 1 to a Category 5 Super Typhoon.