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The Philippines is a Typhoon (Tropical Cyclone)-prone country, with approximately 20 Tropical Cyclones entering its area of responsibility per year. Locally known generally as bagyo (), [3] typhoons regularly form in the Philippine Sea and less regularly, in the South China Sea, with the months of June to September being the most active, August being the month with the most activity.
At least eight people died due to the storm's impact in Quảng Bình and Thua Thien-Hue provinces, [149] while 14 others were injured. [149] Total damage in Quảng Bình Province reached 500 billion dong (US $20.6 million), [ 152 ] including 400 billion dong (US $16.7 million) for damage in Lệ Thủy District .
May 8–9, 2011: Tropical Storm Aere (Bebeng) made landfall over Catanduanes and brought torrential rainfall over much of the country. 44 people died due to flooding. May 26, 2011: Typhoon Songda (Chedeng) neared the coastline of the eastern portion of the country where its outer rain bands caused flash flooding and landslides.
The Philippines is impacted by an average of 20 tropical storms per year. So far this year, nine storms have hit the country. Although the previous three typhoon seasons were below normal in the ...
Typhoon Kammuri, known in the Philippines as Typhoon Tisoy, was a powerful typhoon which impacted the Philippines in early December 2019. Kammuri, which means crown or Corona Borealis in Japanese, the twenty-eighth named storm and sixteenth typhoon of the 2019 Pacific typhoon season, Kammuri developed from a tropical wave situated a couple hundred kilometers south of the Mariana Islands.
After a brutal blow from Typhoon Molave, many of the hardest-hit communities in the Philippines had little time to recover as Typhoon Goni crashed into the nation Sunday morning, local time.
Typhoon Imbudo, [nb 1] known in the Philippines as Super Typhoon Harurot, [nb 2] [1] was a powerful typhoon that struck the Philippines and southern China in July 2003. The seventh named storm and fourth typhoon of the season, Imbudo formed on July 15 to the east of the Philippines.
A powerful storm sweeping across the Pacific Ocean in the direction of the Philippines has intensified into a super typhoon, with forecasters warning it could hit the northern part of the country ...