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Typhoon Ketsana, known in the Philippines as Tropical Storm Ondoy, was the second-most devastating tropical cyclone of the 2009 Pacific typhoon season, causing $1.15 billion in damages and 665 fatalities, only behind Morakot earlier in the season, which caused 956 deaths and damages worth $6.2 billion. Ketsana was the sixteenth tropical storm ...
Typhoon Mirinae approaching the Philippines on October 30 The rest of the year saw six more storms, but only two made landfall and added some more damage already caused by Ketsana and Parma. While Parma (Pepeng) was still drifting over northern Luzon, Melor entered PAGASA's area of responsibility, and therefore was named Quedan. [ 66 ]
Ketsana shortly before being upgraded to a typhoon on September 28. Typhoon Ketsana, known in the Philippines as Tropical Storm Ondoy, was the second most devastating tropical cyclone in the 2009 Pacific typhoon season with a damage of $1.09 billion and 747 fatalities, only behind Morakot earlier in the season, which caused 789 deaths and damages worth $6.2 billion.
Typhoons Ketsana and Parma both affected the Philippines, bringing extreme flooding that killed more than 1400 people in total. Typhoon Nida during late November reached 1-minute winds of 285 km/h (175 mph), which is the most intense in the basin since Typhoon Paka in 1997 .
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.
A satellite image released by Nasa shows the typhoon inching close to the Philippines as the country braces for heavy rains and winds. NASA satellite image shows Typhoon Mawar approaching the ...
Typhoon Odette, known outside of the Philippines as super typhoon Rai, was the second costliest typhoon in Philippine history behind Typhoon Yolanda. ... NASA shares satellite image of Mawar over ...
0600 UTC — The JTWC reports that Typhoon Chan-hom has reached its 1 minute peak windspeeds of 155 km/h (95 mph) which makes it a Category 2 typhoon. [14] 1200 UTC — The JTWC reports that Typhoon Chan-hom has weakened into a Category 1 Typhoon. [14] 1200 UTC — The JMA downgrades Typhoon Chan-hom to a Severe Tropical Storm. [12]