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On October 26, PAGASA has announced that the name Lawin will be removed from their naming lists because it had caused over ₱1 billion in damages and had added to the damage caused by Typhoon Karen. [39] On January 17, 2017, PAGASA chose the name Leon to replace Lawin for the 2020 season.
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 ...
The Philippines is a Typhoon (Tropical Cyclone)-prone country, with approximately 20 Tropical Cyclones entering its area of responsibility per year. Locally known generally as bagyo (), [3] typhoons regularly form in the Philippine Sea and less regularly, in the South China Sea, with the months of June to September being the most active, August being the month with the most activity.
January 22, 2020: PAGASA: April–June: 3–6 tropical cyclones [4] June 24, 2020: PAGASA: July–September: 6–12 tropical cyclones [5] June 24, 2020: PAGASA: October–December: 4–8 tropical cyclones [5] 2020 season Forecast Center Tropical cyclones Tropical storms Typhoons Ref. Actual activity: JMA: 32: 23: 10: Actual activity: JTWC: 26: ...
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.
Part of the 2020 Pacific typhoon season Typhoon Saudel , known in the Philippines as Typhoon Pepito , was a typhoon that affected the Philippines , Vietnam and Southern China in October 2020. It was seventeenth tropical storm and seventh typhoon of the 2020 Pacific typhoon season .
At 20:40 UTC on November 7, Haiyan made landfall in Guiuan, Eastern Samar at peak intensity. [17] The JTWC's unofficial estimate of one-minute sustained winds of 305 km/h (190 mph) would, by that measure, make Haiyan the most powerful storm ever recorded to strike land. This record was later broken by Typhoon Goni in 2020.
The NSTA, the umbrella department for PHIVOLCS and PAGASA, became the Department of Science and Technology (DOST) in 1987. The technical staff and the 12-station earthquake monitoring network was fully integrated to PHIVOLCS in 1988. PHILVOCS and the United States Geological Survey collaborated during the 1991 eruption of Mount Pinatubo. Their ...