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The Philippines is a typhoon-prone country, with approximately twenty tropical cyclones entering its area of responsibility per year. Locally known generally as bagyo (), [3] typhoons regularly form in the Philippine Sea and less often, in the South China Sea, with the months of June to September being the most active, August being the month with the most activity.
Tracks of typhoons that affected the Philippines during late 2006. July 12–13, 2006: The outflow of Tropical Storm Bilis (Florita) brought torrential rainfall over Baguio and Manila. 14 people were killed. [9] July 18, 2006: Similar to the precursor storm, the outflow of Typhoon Kaemi (Glenda) produced rainfall over Luzon. [10]
The Philippine government responded by saying that they have dealt with the tragedy "quite well" but the response had been slow due to the breakdown of the local governance in affected areas where officials and employees, who were usually the first to respond in these events, were victims of the typhoon themselves. [145]
In August 2006, Typhoon Saomai became the strongest typhoon on record to strike China, with a central pressure of 920 mbar (27 inHg) and winds of 215 km/h (134 mph) at its landfall in Zhejiang. It produced wind gusts of 293 km/h (182 mph) in Wenzhou. The typhoon killed 456 people and left more than US$4.2 billion in damage. [131]
A map of all tropical cyclone tracks, encompassing the period between the years 1985 and 2005. This is a list of wettest tropical cyclones by country , using all known available sources. Data is most complete for Australia, Cuba, Dominican Republic, Japan, Hong Kong , Mexico, Taiwan, Micronesia 's Yap and Chuuk , and the United States, with ...
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 Yagi, known in the Philippines as Severe Tropical Storm Enteng and in Vietnam as Typhoon No. 3 of 2024 (Vietnamese: Bão số 3 năm 2024), was a deadly and extremely destructive tropical cyclone which impacted Southeast Asia and South China in early September 2024.
The map shows the projected path of typhoon Mawar (Google) ... it was helping those affected by the Super Typhoon in Guam in a press ... gets closer to Taiwan and the Philippines. Typhoon Mawar is ...