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  Tropical Depression ULPIANG of  06 - 08 Dec 2000
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     A tropical disturbance developed early in the month east of the
  Philippines and moved westward into the central portions of the
  archipelago.  JTWC never issued any warnings on this system, although
  it was given a development potential of Fair on a couple of occasions.
  PAGASA, however, upgraded the system to a tropical depression on
  6 December and assigned the name Ulpiang.  Tropical Depression Ulpiang
  remained broad and disorganized but moved through the central
  Philippines where it brought very heavy rains which led to extensive
  flooding and loss of life.  Based upon PAGASA's track (forwarded to me
  by Michael V. Padua), Ulpiang's center crossed over the island of
  Samar, then through the cluster of smaller islands lying to the west of
  Samar, eventually reaching the vicinity of Mindoro where it weakened to
  the point that warnings were discontinued.

     According to Mike Padua, Naga City (his hometown) was flooded by
  the rains of Ulpiang.  Two stations south of Naga City (Lake Bato and
  Ligao) each recorded 200 mm of rain in the 24-hour period ending at
  6:00 am on the 8th.  Ocampo, located a short distance southeast of the
  city, recorded 160 mm in the same period.    While Naga City itself
  recorded only 68 mm, the city was flooded because it lies below sea
  level and is in the catchment basin of the Bicol River (including its
  tributaries).   At least 20 fatalities were caused by the depression's
  rains, the majority occurring on the island of Panay, although three
  persons were killed in a landslide in the Bicol region of southeastern
  Luzon.   More than 50,000 persons were displaced when floods inundated
  16 towns and Roxas City (on Panay).    Many roads and bridges were
  damaged and hundreds of hectares of rice fields and other farms were
  flooded.

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  This summary was taken from Gary Padgett's December 2000 Summary 
  for Typhoon2000.com.