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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, 2013: Typhoon Krosa (Vinta) makes landfall over the northwestern tip of Cagayan. November 4, 2013: Tropical Depression Wilma affects southern Philippines. November 8, 2013: Typhoon Haiyan (Yolanda) brushes Visayas as an intense typhoon, killing 6,352 people. It was also the costliest typhoon in the Philippines.
The following list are the deadliest storms that impacted the Philippines between 1963 and 1999. This list only includes typhoons that had death tolls exceeding 300. Only two storms exceeded death numbers above 1,000: Thelma (Uring) and Ike (Nitang). The total number of deaths recorded are only from the country itself.
The Philippines is an archipelagic country located in Southeast Asia, beside the northwest Pacific Ocean. The nation consists of 7,641 islands. The nation consists of 7,641 islands. The country is known to be "the most exposed country in the world to tropical storms", with about twenty tropical cyclones entering the Philippine area of ...
Typhoon Bopha, known in the Philippines as Super Typhoon Pablo, was the strongest tropical cyclone on record to ever affect the Philippine island of Mindanao, making landfall as a Category 5 super typhoon with winds of 175 mph (282 km/h). [1]
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.
The temperature inside the eye of Typhoon Tip at peak intensity was 30 °C (86 °F) and described as exceptionally high. [1] With 10-minute sustained winds of 160 mph (260 km/h), Typhoon Tip is the strongest cyclone in the complete tropical cyclone listing by the Japan Meteorological Agency. [4]
It was the strongest typhoon to strike Luzon since Megi in 2010, and the strongest to make landfall anywhere in the Philippines since Meranti in 2016. [1] Mangkhut was also the strongest typhoon to affect Hong Kong since Ellen in 1983.