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This was the first time PAGASA retired a typhoon name afterwards. July 9, 1964: Tropical Storm Cora (Huaning) nears Samar before dissipating. Storm warnings were issued in southeastern Luzon with Cora 100 km (60 mi) east of Samar, with forecasts projecting stormy conditions in the region and in other islands in the east-central Philippines. [4]
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.
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 ...
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 ...
On January 21, 2021, the PAGASA retired the name Rolly from the rotating naming lists due to the extreme damage it brought, particularly in the Bicol Region and it will never be used again as a typhoon name within Philippine Area of Responsibility (PAR). It was replaced by Romina and was used for the first time during 2024 season. [123] [124] [125]
June 7–9, 2004: Typhoon Conson (Frank) affected most of Luzon, with Batanes and the Babuyan Group of Islands placed on Tropical Cyclone Signal No. 3 by PAGASA. Heavy rains killed 30 people in Manila.
On January 17, 2017, PAGASA chose the name Leon to replace Lawin for the 2020 season. During the 49th annual session of the ESCAP/WMO Typhoon Committee in 2017, they announced that the name Haima will be removed from the naming lists. In March 2018, the Typhoon Committee subsequently chose Mulan as its replacement name. [40]
The new set of names were developed and used in 1955 beginning with Brenda continuing through the alphabet to Zelda. [1] For each season before 1960, a new set of names was developed. [1] In 1960 forecasters decided to begin rotating names in a regular sequence and thus four alphabetical lists were established to be repeated every four years. [3]