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The twentieth named storm of the annual typhoon season, Trami developed into a low-pressure area and later into a tropical depression west of Guam on October 19, moving westward along the southern periphery. After entering the Philippine Area of Responsibility, PAGASA named the depression Kristine on October 20.
Typhoon Haishen, known in the Philippines as Super Typhoon Kristine, was a powerful tropical cyclone that became the first super typhoon of the 2020 Pacific typhoon season. Being also the tenth named storm and this season's fifth typhoon, Haishen's origins can be tracked back to a disorganised low pressure area situated near Guam .
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.
Rescuers assist a child getting off a boat along a flooded road following heavy rains brought by Typhoon Gaemi, in Marikina City, Metro Manila, Philippines, on July 24, 2024.
Heavy rains accompanying storm may cause flash flooding in low-lying and inland areas
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 Philippines issued fresh weather warnings on November 12 as the fifth major storm in three weeks bore down on the archipelago, days after thousands were evacuated ahead of Typhoon Toraji.
It was the first in a string of 6 storms to impact the Philippines. October 27–30, 2024: Typhoon Kong-rey (Leon) crosses over the Batanes islands as a powerful super typhoon with powerful winds and heavy rainfall, and storm surges in Cagayan and the Batanes archipelago. It was the second in a string of storms to affect the Philippines.