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The 2012 Luzon southwest monsoon floods (informally known in Tagalog as Hagupít ng Habagat, "wrath of the monsoon" and Bagsík ng Habagat, "fierceness of the monsoon", from habagat, the Filipino term for the southwest monsoon), was an eight-day period of torrential rain and thunderstorms in Luzon in the Philippines from August 1 to August 8, 2012.
August 23–27, 2012: Typhoon Tembin (Igme) mostly affected the islands of extreme Northern Luzon. Flash flooding was also reported in Luzon which killed 8 people. September 25–26, 2012: Typhoon Jelawat (Lawin) brought large swells and light rainfall over the eastern seaboards of the country.
Pages in category "2012 disasters in the Philippines" ... 0–9. 2012 Luzon southwest monsoon floods; 2012 Samar earthquake; B. Typhoon Bopha; G. Typhoon Guchol (2012) H.
Pages in category "Floods in the Philippines" The following 5 pages are in this category, out of 5 total. ... 2010–2011 Philippine floods; 2012 Luzon southwest ...
The Philippines is typically struck by multiple storms every year but not at this rapid pace. Submerged homes at a village in Ilagan, Isabela province on Nov. 18, due to continuous heavy rains ...
Approximately 500,000 people were rendered homeless in the Manila area and in the central provinces of Luzon following the razing of thousands of homes; [2] 10 people were killed by flooding in the capital. [3] This was the first time PAGASA retired a typhoon name afterwards. July 9, 1964: Tropical Storm Cora (Huaning) nears Samar before ...
Although located hundreds of kilometers away from the Philippines, the southerly flow from Typhoon Haikui in early August 2012 enhanced the southwest monsoon across much of Luzon. [14] As a result, widespread heavy rains impacted regions still recovering from deadly floods triggered by Typhoon Saola less than a week earlier. [15]
Forecasters warn that a slug of tropical moisture in the western Pacific Ocean will bring additional rounds of downpours to an already flood-battered Philippines through Sunday. "A pair of ...