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Typhoon Yutu, known in the Philippines as Typhoon Rosita, was an extremely powerful tropical cyclone that caused catastrophic destruction on the islands of Tinian and Saipan in the Northern Mariana Islands, and later impacted the Philippines.
The name Rosita has been used for three tropical cyclones worldwide, one in the Western Pacific ocean and two in the Australian Region. in Western Pacific: Typhoon Yutu (2018) (T1826, 31W, Rosita) – a category 5 super typhoon which devastated the Mariana Islands and the Philippines .
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.
Typhoon Yutu (2007) (T0702, 02W, Amang) – not a threat to land. Tropical Storm Yutu (2013) (T1316) – Recognized as a tropical storm only by the JMA; the JTWC instead classified it as a subtropical depression. Typhoon Yutu (2018) (T1826, 31W, Rosita) - A Category 5 super typhoon which devastated the Mariana Islands and the Philippines.
The Philippines is an archipelagic country located in Southeast Asia, beside the northwest Pacific Ocean.The nation consists of 7,641 islands. The country is known to be "the most exposed country in the world to tropical storms", with about twenty tropical cyclones entering the Philippine area of responsibility each year.
May 14–17, 2020: Typhoon Vongfong (Ambo) made landfall over Eastern Samar as a Category 3 typhoon, and affected much of Luzon. Preparations for the typhoon were complicated due to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic. Throughout the Philippines, Vongfong caused around ₱1.57 billion (US$31.1 million) in damage, and killed five people. [31] [32]
Typhoon Yutu (2018) (T1826, 31W, Rosita) - another Category 5-equivalent super typhoon that gravely affected the Mariana Islands and the Philippines, causing hundreds of millions worth of damage and the loss of 30 lives. The name Rosita was retired after 2018 and was replaced by Rosal, which was first used during the 2022 season.
Rosita was first noted as a low-pressure system at 18:00 UTC on January 4 while it located well south of Java. Moving swiftly westward, the disturbance gradually organized for two days until slightly weakening due to increasing vertical wind shear. The system remained quasi-stationary until January 9 when a developing ridge in the middle ...