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Tracks of typhoons that affected the Philippines during late 2006. July 12–13, 2006: The outflow of Tropical Storm Bilis (Florita) brought torrential rainfall over Baguio and Manila. 14 people were killed. [9] July 18, 2006: Similar to the precursor storm, the outflow of Typhoon Kaemi (Glenda) produced rainfall over Luzon. [10]
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-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.
Due to the large number of fatalities and damage caused by the storm, the names Parma and Pepeng were later retired. The committee selected the name In-fa to replace "Parma" on the Western Pacific basin name lists beginning in 2011. For the PAGASA, on 2012, the name chosen to replace "Pepeng" was Paolo for the 2013 season.
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.
2011 – struck the Philippines as a Category 4 super typhoon and later affected Hainan, China as a weak tropical storm. 2019 – developed west of the main Philippine Islands and made landfall in Southern Vietnam. Quinta; 2004 – made landfall in Japan as a Category 2 typhoon; 2008 – renamed Siony; mostly stayed out at sea
A super typhoon ripped through Philippines’ largest island on Sunday, knocking down houses and sending more than half a million people to emergency shelters, as rare back-to-back storms cause ...
2013 – a weak tropical storm that affected the Philippines and Vietnam. 2019 – a disorganized tropical storm that affected the Philippines. Pogi (2003)† – PAGASA name for Typhoon Maemi, which heavily impacted South Korea. Pola (2019)† – a severe tropical cyclone that affected Tonga. Polly; 1952 – a Category 1 typhoon that did not ...