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The Hurricane Severity Index (HSI) is another scale used and rates the severity of all types of tropical and subtropical cyclones based on both the intensity and the size of their wind fields. [32] The HSI is a 0 to 50 point scale, allotting up to 25 points for a tropical cyclone's intensity and up to 25 points for wind field size. [32]
Map of Tropical Cyclone Wind Signals hoisted in most of Luzon, Philippines due to Typhoon Noru (Karding) at 5:00 PM PhST on September 25, 2022. The Tropical Cyclone Wind Signals (TCWS, or simply wind signals or signals; [a] Filipino: Mga Babala ng Bagyo) are tropical cyclone alert levels issued by the Philippine Atmospheric, Geophysical, and Astronomical Services Administration (PAGASA) to ...
Until recently, the warning scale it used was a four-point scale, with Signal #4 being the highest possible warning issued to a locality. However, a fifth warning signal was introduced in the 2010s for powerful typhoons since Typhoon Yolanda (Haiyan) in 2013. In 2022, PAGASA revised its own definition for a "super typhoon" and its warning signals.
Tropical Storm Megi. Tropical Storm Megi (Agaton) at peak intensity on April 10. Tropical Storm Megi, known in the Philippines as Tropical Storm Agaton, was a weak but deadly tropical cyclone that impacted the Philippines in April 2022. It was the third tropical depression, and the second tropical storm of the 2022 Pacific typhoon season.
Typhoon Gaemi/Carina is now the equivalent of a Category 3 hurricane (maximum sustained winds of 111-129 mph or 178-208 km/h) on the Saffir-Simpson Hurricane Wind Scale. Gaemi will track across ...
Typhoon Doksuri late on July 25, 2023 local time, approaching the Philippines on infrared satellite. A strengthening typhoon churning in the western Pacific Ocean is impacting the Philippines ...
Typhoon Mawar strengthed to the equivelant of a category 5 hurricane while on path to Philippines Typhoon Mawar – live: Super storm equivalent to category 5 on path to Philippines after hitting Guam
Typhoon Haiyan, known in the Philippines as Super Typhoon Yolanda, was one of the most powerful tropical cyclones ever recorded. Upon making landfall, Haiyan devastated portions of Southeast Asia, particularly the Philippines. [ 1] It is one of the deadliest Philippine typhoons on record, [ 2] killing at least 6,300 people in that country alone ...