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August 19–21, 2015: Typhoon Goni (Ineng) batters the northern portion of Luzon as a strong typhoon. September 30 – October 1, 2015: Tropical Storm Mujigae (Kabayan) brings light rainfall over much of Luzon. October 17–19, 2015: Typhoon Koppu (Lando) impacts Northern Luzon as a Category 4 super typhoon, killing 62 people in total. December ...
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.
Typhoon Maysak, known in the Philippines as Super Typhoon Chedeng, was the most powerful pre-April tropical cyclone on record in the Northwestern Pacific Ocean. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] The fourth named storm of the 2015 Pacific typhoon season , Maysak originated as a tropical depression on March 26.
Typhoon Noul making landfall over the Philippines on May 10 May 10. 00:00 UTC — Both the JMA and the JTWC reports that Typhoon Noul had reached its peak intensity as a Category 5 super typhoon with 10-minute sustained windspeeds of 205 km/h (125 mph), which is the strongest this year in terms of windspeeds. .
Ahead of the typhoon's arrival in East China, officials evacuated over 1.1 million people. [148] Even though Chan-hom did not affect the Philippines, the typhoon enhanced the southwest monsoon which killed about 16 people and damages of about ₱3.9 million (US$86,000). [149]
Typhoon Surigae continued its sluggish northward journey early Wednesday, local time, as the storm continued to lash the Philippines with rough surf, heavy rain and strong winds for the fifth ...
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.
With economic losses estimated at ¥27 billion (US$4.3 billion), Mujigae was the costliest typhoon to impact China in 2015. At landfall in Zhanjiang , Guangdong, the China Meteorological Administration estimated Mujigae to have winds of 180 km/h (110 mph) and a central pressure of 940 hPa (27.76 inHg), making Mujigae the strongest typhoon to ...