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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.
This made Haiyan the strongest storm globally to make landfall, in terms of 1-minute sustained wind speeds, until the record was broken by Super Typhoon Rolly (Goni) 7 years later. Upon impact, the storm produced a large storm surge, which was a primary cause for the abnormally high death toll of nearly 7,000 people Haiyan caused in the ...
Tropical Storm Nangka approaching the Philippines on June 23. In Eastern Samar, Tropical Storm Nangka left more than 800 people stranded after ferry service was canceled. [17] High winds downed a large tree, destroying the roof of one home and damaging three cars. [18]
A fierce storm was blowing out of the northern Philippines Tuesday after leaving at least 14 people dead in landslides, floods and swollen rivers, disaster-response officials said. Storm warnings ...
Becoming the eleventh named storm, the seventh severe tropical storm and the fourth typhoon of the 2011 Pacific typhoon season, Nanmadol made a total of three landfalls killing 26, and causing widespread damage worth US$26,464,591. The area of low pressure that was about to become Nanmadol formed on August 19.
The storm killed at least 14 people in the central city of Naga and one each in Palanas town in Masbate and Bagamanoc town in Catanduanes, the Bicol regional civil defence office said in a ...
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.
Upon striking the Philippines, the typhoon produced high winds and heavy rainfall to Luzon. [33] Noul knocked down trees and damaged houses, [35] resulting in power outages to seven communities; the power was restored within one day. [29] The storm's rains were beneficial to local farmers after an extended dry spell. [34]