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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.
The lowest classification used by the Typhoon Committee is a tropical depression, which has 10-minute sustained winds of less than 34 kn (17 m/s; 39 mph; 63 km/h). [8] Should the tropical depression intensify further it is named and classified as a tropical storm, which has winds speeds between 34–47 kn (17–24 m/s; 39–54 mph; 63–87 km/h ...
Whenever a tropical cyclone forms inside or enters the Philippine Area of Responsibility (PAR), the Philippine Atmospheric, Geophysical, and Astronomical Services Administration (PAGASA) commences the release of Tropical Cyclone Bulletins (TCB) to inform the general public of the cyclone's location, intensity, movement, circulation radius and its forecast track and intensity for at most 72 hours.
PAGASA's Tropical Cyclone Intensity Scale [1] [2] Category Sustained winds Super typhoon (STY) ≥185 km/h ≥100 knots: Typhoon (TY) 118–184 km/h 64–99 knots: Severe tropical storm (STS) 89–117 km/h 48–63 knots: Tropical storm (TS) 62–88 km/h 34–47 knots: Tropical depression (TD) ≤61 km/h ≤33 knots
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 ...
This was the first time PAGASA retired a typhoon name afterwards. July 9, 1964: Tropical Storm Cora (Huaning) nears Samar before dissipating. Storm warnings were issued in southeastern Luzon with Cora 100 km (60 mi) east of Samar, with forecasts projecting stormy conditions in the region and in other islands in the east-central Philippines. [4]
The Philippine Area of Responsibility (PAR) is an area in the Northwestern Pacific where PAGASA, the Philippines' national meteorological agency, monitors weather occurrences. Significant weather disturbances, specifically tropical cyclones that enter or develop in the PAR, are given Philippine-specific names .