▁A ▁total ▁of ▁ 6 3 1 ▁people ▁were ▁confirmed ▁to ▁have ▁been ▁killed ▁by ▁the ▁storm ▁and ▁ 2 8 4 ▁others ▁were ▁listed ▁as ▁missing , ▁ranking ▁Kate ▁as ▁one ▁of ▁the ▁dead liest ▁ty ph o ons ▁to ▁strike ▁the ▁Philippines ▁at ▁the ▁time . ▁An ▁American ▁newspaper , ▁The ▁Lew ist on ▁Daily ▁Sun ▁( now ▁known ▁as ▁the ▁Sun ▁Journal ) ▁incorrectly ▁dub bed ▁Kate ▁as ▁the ▁dead liest ▁ty ph oon ▁to ▁ever ▁hit ▁the ▁Philippines ; ▁however , ▁ty ph o ons ▁Amy ▁and ▁T rix ▁in ▁the ▁early ▁ 1 9 5 0 s ▁had ▁higher ▁death ▁to ll s ▁compared ▁to ▁Kate ▁( 9 9 1 ▁and ▁ 9 9 5 ▁respectively ), ▁while ▁the ▁ 1 8 8 1 ▁H ai ph ong ▁ty ph oon ▁was ▁believed ▁to ▁have ▁killed ▁ 2 0 , 0 0 0 ▁people ▁in ▁the ▁Philippines . ▁The ▁newspaper ▁also ▁err one ously ▁mentioned ▁that ▁the ▁previous ▁dead liest ▁ty ph oon ▁was ▁a ▁storm ▁in ▁the ▁ 1 9 6 0 s ▁which ▁killed ▁ 2 0 0 ▁people ▁in ▁Man ila ▁– ▁possibly ▁referring ▁to ▁either ▁Trop ical ▁Storm ▁Luc ille ▁in ▁ 1 9 6 0 ▁or ▁Ty ph oon ▁W inn ie ▁in ▁ 1 9 6 4 . ▁The ▁large ▁loss ▁of ▁life ▁from ▁the ▁ty ph oon ▁is ▁thought ▁to ▁be ▁related ▁to ▁the ▁lack ▁of ▁tropical ▁cy clone ▁experience ▁for ▁residents ▁in ▁southern ▁Mind ana o . ▁It ▁was ▁only