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Typhoon Gaemi, known in the Philippines as Super Typhoon Carina, was a powerful and destructive tropical cyclone which impacted East China, Taiwan, and the Philippines in late July 2024. Gaemi, which means ant in Korean, the third named storm and second typhoon of the annual typhoon season , formed as a tropical depression east of Palau on July 19.
The fourth named storm of the annual typhoon season, Nida formed on July 28, 2016 as a tropical depression in the Philippine Sea. Tracking generally north-northwestward, it intensified into a severe tropical storm and skirted northern Luzon before turning to the west-northwest, entering the South China Sea and intensifying further.
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.
The name Carina has been used for five tropical cyclones worldwide: four in the Philippines by PAGASA in the Western Pacific, and one by Météo-France in the South-West Indian Ocean. In the Western Pacific, where it replaced Cosme after a tropical storm in 2008 devastated the Philippines: Severe Tropical Storm Talim (2012) (T1205, 06W, Carina ...
Highest Tropical Cyclone Warning Signal raised by PAGASA across the Philippines in relation to Typhoon Koppu (Lando) April 5, 2015: A weakening Tropical Storm Maysak (Chedeng) hits Cagayan Valley, killing only 5 people. May 8–10, 2015: Typhoon Noul (Dodong) hits the northwestern tip of Luzon as a Category 5 super typhoon.
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.
At ―PAGASA upgrades Gaemi (Carina) to super-typhoon strength with 10-minute sustained winds of 185 kilometres per hour (100 kn; 115 mph 12:00 UTC At 23°42′N 121°42′E / 23.7°N 121.7°E / 23.7; 121.7 ( Gaemi weakens to a Category 3 typhoon ) ― Typhoon Gaemi (Carina) has weakened to a high-end Category 3 typhoon as it ...
June 22, 1985: Typhoon Hal (Kuring) prompted the PAGASA to issue typhoon alerts for much of Luzon, enduring widespread flooding and significant crop damage. June 28, 1985: Despite the storm remaining well offshore, Typhoon Irma (Daling) dropped heavy rainfall over the eastern portion of the country. Over 30 in (710 mm) of rain fell over parts ...