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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.
October 31 – November 1, 2020: Typhoon Goni (Rolly) made landfall over Catanduanes as a Category 5 super typhoon; one of the strongest landfalling tropical cyclone on record by 1-minute sustained winds. Damages were up to ₱20 billion (US$369 million), making it the seventh costliest typhoon in the country.
Typhoon Man-yi, known in the Philippines as Super Typhoon Pepito, was a powerful and long-tracked tropical cyclone that impacted the Philippines in early November 2024. . Closely following Tropical Storm Trami and Typhoons Kong-rey, Yinxing, Toraji and Usagi, Man-yi became the sixth consecutive tropical system to affect the country in less than a
It also left almost 90 per cent of Manila residents without power for days. Typhoon Pablo (Bopha) 2012. ... It was also the strongest typhoon to affect Hong Kong since Ellen in 1983.
November 2–3, 1995: Typhoon Angela (Rosing) impacts the Bicol Region, much of Southern Luzon and Metro Manila as a Category 5 super typhoon. It was the strongest to hit the country in 25 years at the time. 882 people were found dead, and damages toppled up Php9.33 billion (US$315 million). [22]
Typhoon Goni, known in the Philippines as Super Typhoon Rolly, was an extremely powerful tropical cyclone that made landfall as a Category 5 equivalent super typhoon on Catanduanes in the Philippines, and in Vietnam as a tropical storm. It is the strongest landfalling tropical cyclone on record by 1-minute maximum sustained winds.
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 ...
Typhoon Rammasun, known in the Philippines as Typhoon Glenda, was one of the only four Category 5 super typhoons on record in the South China Sea, with the other ones being Pamela in 1954, Rai in 2021 and Yagi in 2024. Rammasun had destructive impacts across the Philippines, South China, and Vietnam in July 2014.