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The storm's rainfall also prompted PAGASA to declare the start of the 2020 Philippine rainy season on June 12. [33] Typhoon Goni (Rolly) at peak intensity near Catanduanes on November 1, 2020. July 13–14, 2020: Tropical Depression Carina brought heavy rainfall which led to Tropical Cyclone Signal No. 1 being raised over the Babuyan Islands ...
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.
It was one of the deadliest tropical cyclones in Philippine history, killing at least 5,081 people. November 13, 1991: Tropical Storm Seth (Warling) affects the northern coastline of Luzon. November 16–17, 1991: Tropical Storm Wilda (Yayang) traverses the Bicol Region and Southern Luzon.
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 ...
Typhoon Thelma, known in the Philippines as Typhoon Katring, was the first super typhoon to form in the 1987 Pacific typhoon season. Forming from the monsoon trough in the Philippine Sea, Thelma was first designated as a tropical cyclone on July 7. After moving north, Thelma turned west, while remaining poorly organized.
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.
The typhoon left a path of destruction in the Philippines that was at its time unparalleled in modern Philippine history. [1] Most of the fatalities were in the province of Surigao del Norte, where around 1,000 died [1] and 27 towns were flattened. [25] More than half of Surigao del Norte's cattle, goat, and pig population were killed. [8]
Typhoon Imbudo, [nb 1] known in the Philippines as Super Typhoon Harurot, [nb 2] [1] was a powerful typhoon that struck the Philippines and southern China in July 2003. The seventh named storm and fourth typhoon of the season, Imbudo formed on July 15 to the east of the Philippines.