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Tropical Storm Megi (pronounced), known in the Philippines as Tropical Storm Agaton, was a weak but deadly tropical cyclone that impacted the Philippines in April 2022. It was the third tropical depression, and the second tropical storm of the 2022 Pacific typhoon season .
The deadliest tropical cyclone was Tropical Storm Megi, which caused 214 fatalities in the Philippines (excluding 132 others rendered missing), while the costliest was Hurricane Ian, which had an estimated damage total of at least $113.1 billion (2022 USD) after affecting Trinidad and Tobago, Venezuela, Colombia, the western part of the Greater ...
Recent upgrades to some models have resulted in improved forecast performance over the last couple seasons, so there are some key changes in the 2022 hurricane model power rankings below.
The 2022 Atlantic hurricane season was a destructive and deadly Atlantic hurricane season. Despite having an average number of named storms and below average amount of major hurricanes, [ nb 1 ] it became the fourth-costliest Atlantic hurricane season on record, behind only 2024 , 2005 , and 2017 , mostly due to Hurricane Ian .
The peak of hurricane season is near, and in their most recent update, meteorologists with Colorado State University reiterated that the Atlantic this year will see “above normal” activity.
The first forecast was released by PAGASA on December 22, 2021, in their monthly seasonal climate outlook predicting the first half of 2022. [7] They predicted that only 0–3 tropical cyclones were expected to form or enter the Philippine Area of Responsibility between January and March, while 1–4 tropical cyclones are expected to form ...
Deep, warm water played key roles in the development and rapid strengthening of Helene (Saffir-Simpson Hurricane Wind scale Category 4) and Milton (Saffir-Simpson Hurricane Wind scale Category 5).
The 2022 Atlantic hurricane season saw an average number of named storms and hurricanes, and below average number major hurricanes (category 3 or higher on the 5-level Saffir–Simpson wind speed scale). There were fourteen named storms during the season; eight of them strengthened into a hurricane, and two of those reached major hurricane ...