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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.
Highest Tropical Cyclone Warning Signal raised by PAGASA across the Philippines in relation to Typhoon Koppu (Lando) April 5, 2015: A weakening Tropical Storm Maysak (Chedeng) hits Cagayan Valley, killing only 5 people. May 8–10, 2015: Typhoon Noul (Dodong) hits the northwestern tip of Luzon as a Category 5 super typhoon.
Typhoon Man-yi, known in the Philippines as Super Typhoon Pepito, was a powerful and long-tracked tropical cyclone that impacted the Philippines in mid–November 2024. . Closely following Tropical Storm Trami and Typhoons Kong-rey, Yinxing, Toraji and Usagi, Man-yi became the sixth and final consecutive tropical system to affect the country in less than a
A satellite image released by Nasa shows the typhoon inching close to the Philippines as the country braces for heavy rains and winds. NASA satellite image shows Typhoon Mawar approaching the ...
Typhoon Toraji, known in the Philippines as Typhoon Nika, was a fairly strong tropical cyclone that impacted the Philippines in early November 2024. It was the fourth tropical cyclone in a series to impact the Philippines, following Tropical Storm Trami and Typhoons Kong-rey, Yinxing, Usagi, and Man-yi which had occurred just a few days earlier.
The cyclone drifted northeastwards and later eastwards before emerging over water again, but eventually dissipated by October 26. 19 people were killed by Haima, and damage totals were estimated at more than US$970 million. The storm forced several hundred flights in the Philippines, Hong Kong and China to be cancelled. Ahead of the storm ...
Typhoon Ewiniar, known in the Philippines as Typhoon Aghon, was a fairly strong tropical cyclone that impacted parts of the Philippines, particularly Luzon, in May 2024. The first named storm and typhoon of the annual typhoon season , Ewiniar emerged from an area of atmospheric convection 441 km (274 mi) southeast of Palau .
The IPCC Fifth Assessment Report had stated in September of the same year that "Time series of cyclone indices such as power dissipation, an aggregate compound of tropical cyclone frequency, duration, and intensity that measures total wind energy by tropical cyclones, show upward trends in the North Atlantic and weaker upward trends in the ...