uted ▁by ▁down ed ▁w ires . ▁Ac ross ▁the ▁Philippines , ▁ 2 4   people ▁were ▁killed ▁and ▁over ▁ 1   mill ion ▁were ▁left ▁hom eless . ▁Dam age ▁to ▁cro ps ▁and ▁property ▁reached ▁$ 2   mill ion ▁( 1 9 7 3   US D ). ▁N ora ▁was ▁the ▁first ▁of ▁three ▁ty ph o ons ▁to ▁impact ▁the ▁Philippines ▁in ▁the ▁span ▁of ▁a ▁week , ▁with ▁P ats y ▁and ▁Ruth ▁striking ▁the ▁country ▁on ▁October   1 2 ▁and ▁ 1 5 ▁respectively . ▁ ▁While ▁passing ▁south ▁of ▁Taiwan , ▁rough ▁se as ▁spawn ed ▁by ▁the ▁ty ph oon ▁were ▁responsible ▁for ▁several ▁mar itime ▁inc idents ▁over ▁the ▁Taiwan ▁Stra it ▁and ▁South ▁China ▁Sea . ▁The ▁Philipp ine ▁Fre ighter ▁Asian ▁Mar iner , ▁though ▁all ▁ 3 8   cre w men ▁were ▁res cu ed . ▁The ▁Greek ▁fre ighter ▁Balt ic ▁Kl if ▁caps ized ▁about ▁ 1 5 0   km ▁( 9 0   mi ) ▁south west ▁of ▁the ▁P eng hu ▁Islands , ▁with ▁three ▁crew men ▁confirmed ▁dead ▁and ▁several ▁others ▁missing ▁and ▁pres umed ▁dead . ▁Additionally , ▁the ▁Taiwan ese ▁fish ing ▁vessel ▁J ai ▁Tai ▁NR 3 ▁became ▁str and ed ▁amid ▁ ▁se as , ▁with ▁its ▁bow ▁split ▁open . ▁One ▁of ▁the ▁crew ▁per ished ; ▁however , ▁the ▁fr ig ate ▁USS ▁Word en ▁was ▁able ▁to ▁rescue ▁seven ▁fish erm en ▁despite