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The Philippine Atmospheric, Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration (Filipino: Pangasiwaan ng Pilipinas sa Serbisyong Atmosperiko, Heopisiko at Astronomiko, [4] abbreviated as PAGASA, which means "hope" as in the Tagalog word pag-asa) is the National Meteorological and Hydrological Services (NMHS) agency of the Philippines mandated to provide protection against natural calamities ...
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.
January 22, 2020: PAGASA: April–June: 3–6 tropical cyclones [4] June 24, 2020: PAGASA: July–September: 6–12 tropical cyclones [5] June 24, 2020: PAGASA: October–December: 4–8 tropical cyclones [5] 2020 season Forecast Center Tropical cyclones Tropical storms Typhoons Ref. Actual activity: JMA: 32: 23: 10: Actual activity: JTWC: 26: ...
Since 1963, the Philippine Atmospheric, Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration (PAGASA) has assigned local names to a tropical cyclone should it move into or form as a tropical depression in their area of responsibility located between 135°E and 115°E and between 5°N-25°N, even if the cyclone has had an international name assigned to it.
The NSTA, the umbrella department for PHIVOLCS and PAGASA, became the Department of Science and Technology (DOST) in 1987. The technical staff and the 12-station earthquake monitoring network was fully integrated to PHIVOLCS in 1988. PHILVOCS and the United States Geological Survey collaborated during the 1991 eruption of Mount Pinatubo. Their ...
2020 Caribbean earthquake: 3 7.6 0 United States, Alaska offshore VII (Very strong) 28.4 October 19: October 2020 Alaska Peninsula earthquake: 4 7.5 1 Russia, Kuril Islands offshore V (Moderate) 56.7 March 25 - 5 7.4 10 Mexico, Oaxaca: IX (Violent) 20.0 June 23: 2020 Oaxaca earthquake: 5 7.4 0 New Zealand, Kermadec Islands offshore VII (Very ...
Part of the 2020 Pacific typhoon season Typhoon Saudel , known in the Philippines as Typhoon Pepito , was a typhoon that affected the Philippines , Vietnam and Southern China in October 2020. It was seventeenth tropical storm and seventh typhoon of the 2020 Pacific typhoon season .
The groundbreaking for the DOST–PAGASA Mindanao Planetarium took place on March 15, 2019. [2] Contractor GCMG Construction was the contractor for the project, which was supposed to be completed by November 22, 2019. The Commission on Audit (COA) flagged the planetarium project due to it not being finished by that date. [3]