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PAGASA's Tropical Cyclone Intensity Scale [1] [2] Category Sustained winds Super typhoon (STY) ≥185 km/h ≥100 ...
A very intense tropical cyclone is the highest category on the South-West Indian Ocean Tropical Cyclone scale, and has winds of over 115 knots (213 km/h; 132 mph). [24] [25] At the tenth RA I tropical cyclone committee held during 1991, it was recommended that the intensity classifications be changed ahead of the 1993–94 tropical cyclone season.
For the intensity scale, PAGASA lowered the threshold wind speed for classifying super typhoons from 220 km/h to 185 km/h and defined a super typhoon as an extreme tropical cyclone with 10-minute maximum sustained winds reaching 185 km/h or greater (the range of wind speed for typhoon category is consequently adjusted to 118–184 km/h).
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.
The wettest known tropical cyclone to impact the archipelago was the July 1911 cyclone, ... PAGASA's Tropical Cyclone Intensity Scale [5] [6] Category Sustained winds
RSMC Tokyo's Tropical Cyclone Intensity Scale Category Sustained winds Violent typhoon ≥105 knots ≥194 km/h Very strong typhoon 85–104 knots 157–193 km/h Typhoon 64–84 knots 118–156 km/h Severe tropical storm 48–63 knots 89–117 km/h Tropical storm 34–47 knots 62–88 km/h Tropical depression ≤33 knots ≤61 km/h
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.
This was the second time that the PAGASA declared a system as a super typhoon since its introduction of the revised tropical cyclone intensity scale, the first being Haima in 2016. This is also the second time that the highest wind warning level, Signal #5, was raised in the Philippines as per the revised tropical cyclone wind signals.