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Typhoon Rai, known in the Philippines as Super Typhoon Odette, [1] was a deadly and extremely destructive super typhoon, which was the second costliest typhoon in Philippine history behind Typhoon Haiyan in 2013. Rai was a powerful rare tropical cyclone that struck the Philippines in December 2021. Rai became the first Category 5-equivalent ...
Typhoon Rai (Odette) at its peak intensity while approaching the Philippines on December 16, 2021. January 19–20, 2021: an unnamed tropical depression affected much of Visayas and Northern Mindanao. Heavy rainfall from the system resulted in one death and agricultural damages of up to ₱642.5 million (US$13.2 million). [36]
Tropical Storm Rai (2016) (T1615, 19W) – a short-lived storm that made landfall on Indochina. Typhoon Rai (2021) (T2122, 28W, Odette) – a powerful Category 5-equivalent super typhoon that caused severe and widespread damage in the Southern and Central Philippines. In 2023, the name Rai was announced to be retired and will no longer be used. [1]
The 2024 Pacific typhoon season is an ongoing event in the annual cycle of tropical cyclone formation in the western Pacific Ocean.It is the fifth-latest starting Pacific typhoon season on record, the first season since 2019 to be average in terms of named storms, as well as the deadliest since 2013, and the fourth-costliest Pacific typhoon season on record, mostly due to Yagi.
2019 - Typhoon Kammuri reaches Category 4 typhoon intensity while making landfall over the Bicol Region, Philippines. 17 people were killed by the typhoon. December 3 2012 - Typhoon Bopha (pictured) made landfall in the southern Philippine island of Mindanao killing around 2,000 people and causing over $1 billion in damage.
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.
Typhoon Haiyan (Yolanda) on November 7, 2013, one of the strongest Pacific typhoons ever recorded.. Since 1947, the Joint Typhoon Warning Center (JTWC) has classified all typhoons in the Northwestern Pacific Ocean with wind speeds of at least 130 knots (67 m/s; 150 mph; 240 km/h)—the equivalent of a strong Category 4 on the Saffir–Simpson scale, as super typhoons. [1]
Rai then entered the South China Sea, re-strengthening into a Category 5 super typhoon east of Vietnam before dissipating near Hong Kong. Rai became the first Category 5 super typhoon since Nock-ten to form in the month on December. It was also the third Category 5 super typhoon recorded in the South China Sea, behind Pamela in 1954 and ...