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All three agencies that have assigned names to tropical cyclones within the Western Pacific have retired the names of significant tropical cyclones, with the PAGASA retiring names if a cyclone has caused at least ₱1 billion (~20 million USD) in damage and/or have caused at least 300 deaths within the Philippines.
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.
It was the first in a string of 6 storms to impact the Philippines. October 27–30, 2024: Typhoon Kong-rey (Leon) crosses over the Batanes islands as a powerful super typhoon with powerful winds and heavy rainfall, and storm surges in Cagayan and the Batanes archipelago. It was the second in a string of storms to affect the Philippines.
This was the first time PAGASA retired a typhoon name afterwards. July 9, 1964: Tropical Storm Cora (Huaning) nears Samar before dissipating. Storm warnings were issued in southeastern Luzon with Cora 100 km (60 mi) east of Samar, with forecasts projecting stormy conditions in the region and in other islands in the east-central Philippines. [4]
The new damage will complicate recovery efforts from two powerful storms that lashed the northern region in recent weeks. Tropical Storm Trami and Typhoon Kong-rey left at least 151 people dead in the Philippines and affected nearly 9 million others, mostly in the northern and central provinces.
Damage Ref. PHP USD; 1 Yolanda (Haiyan) 2013 ₱95.5 billion $2.2 billion [1] 2 Odette (Rai) 2021 ₱51.8 billion $1.02 billion [2] 3 Pablo (Bopha) 2012 ₱43.2 billion $1.06 billion [3] 4 Glenda (Rammasun) 2014 ₱38.6 billion $771 million [4] 5 Ompong (Mangkhut) 2018 ₱33.9 billion $627 million [5] 6 Pepeng (Parma) 2009 ₱27.3 billion $581 ...
Regional airports could experience flight delays or cancellations and ports might face temporary closures. In a rare occurrence, four storms have been simultaneously active in the Western Pacific ...
A super typhoon ripped through Philippines’ largest island on Sunday, knocking down houses and sending more than half a million people to emergency shelters, as rare back-to-back storms cause ...