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Typhoon Rammasun (Glenda: 2014) – First major typhoon to hit the Philippines since Haiyan 8 months prior. Typhoon Mangkhut (Ompong; 2018) – Made landfall in northern Luzon as a Category 5-equivalent super typhoon; Typhoon Phanfone (Ursula; 2019) – Traversed almost the same areas as Haiyan but also had a similar track.
This resulted to a record-breaking mapping updates response enabling over a million map updates in only a week after Haiyan's landfall. [114] The contributed mapping data enabled street-level accurate post-disaster maps on various islands in the Visayas region hit by typhoon Haiyan to OpenStreetMap.
July 23–27, 2023: Typhoon Doksuri (Egay) hit North Philippines and damages $280 million and killed 56 people on Philippines. August 21-31, 2023: Typhoon Saola (Goring) makes a close pass to Luzon as a powerful Super Typhoon, bringing gusty winds and torrential rainfall. Damages were up to ₱2.49 billion (US$43.9 million), with two fatalities ...
In 2013, Typhoon Haiyan, one of the strongest recorded tropical cyclones, left more than 7,300 people dead or missing, flattened entire villages and caused ships to run aground and smash into ...
In 2013, Typhoon Haiyan, one of the strongest recorded tropical cyclones, left more than 7,300 people dead or missing, flattened entire villages and caused ships to run aground and smash into ...
Typhoon Haiyan (Yolanda) on November 7, 2013, one of the strongest Pacific typhoons ever recorded.. Since 1947, the Joint Typhoon Warning Center (JTWC) has classified all typhoons in the Northwestern Pacific Ocean with wind speeds of at least 130 knots (67 m/s; 150 mph; 240 km/h)—the equivalent of a strong Category 4 on the Saffir–Simpson scale, as super typhoons. [1]
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.
On Dec. 27, 2001, 23 years ago today, a tropical storm first became Typhoon Vamei before it slammed into extreme southern Malaysia just north of Singapore. Vamei's flooding and landslides claimed ...