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Some notable very strong typhoons include Typhoon Bopha in December 2012 which ravaged the Philippines, killing 1,901 people. Typhoon Faxai of 2019 impacted Japan, costing damages of an estimated US$10 billion, making it the sixth costliest typhoon on record. [4] The longest duration of a storm to hold in a category of a very strong typhoon ...
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.
Typhoon Nock-ten (Nina) nearing the Philippines as a Category 5 super typhoon in December 2016. The Philippines is archipelagic country in Southeast Asia, located in the northwest Pacific Ocean. It consists of 7,641 islands. The country is known to be "the most exposed country in the world to tropical storms", with about twenty tropical ...
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]
Typhoon Rita (Kading; 1978) – similarly powerful late-season typhoon which also devastated the Philippines; Typhoon Tip (Warling, 1979) – strongest tropical cyclone based on pressure in recorded history; Hurricane Allen (1980) – strongest Atlantic hurricane based on sustained wind speeds
The map shows the projected path of typhoon Mawar (Google) ... exposed country in the world to typhoons, ... as it gets closer to Taiwan and the Philippines. Typhoon Mawar is strongest storm of ...
Typhoon Mawar, known in the Philippines as Super Typhoon Betty, was one of the strongest Northern Hemisphere tropical cyclones on record in the month of May, and the strongest tropical cyclone worldwide in 2023. [1] The name "Mawar" means Rose in Indonesia.
Typhoon Goni, with 215 kph (133 miles) sustained winds and gusts of up to 265 kph (164 mph), will make landfall on Sunday as the strongest typhoon to hit the Philippines since Haiyan that killed ...