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Typhoon Gaemi, known in the Philippines as Super Typhoon Carina, was a powerful and destructive tropical cyclone which impacted East China, Taiwan, and the Philippines in late July 2024. Gaemi, which means ant in Korean, the third named storm and second typhoon of the annual typhoon season , formed as a tropical depression east of Palau on July 19.
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.
Highest Tropical Cyclone Warning Signal raised by PAGASA across the Philippines in relation to Typhoon Koppu (Lando) April 5, 2015: A weakening Tropical Storm Maysak (Chedeng) hits Cagayan Valley, killing only 5 people. May 8–10, 2015: Typhoon Noul (Dodong) hits the northwestern tip of Luzon as a Category 5 super typhoon.
During that day as the system consolidated further, both PAGASA and the JTWC initiated advisories on the system, with the former naming it Carina, while the latter classified it as 06W. [ 4 ] [ 5 ] On July 31, Nida made landfall over the area between Baggao and Gattaran of the Cagayan province in the Philippines at 13:20 PST (05:20 UTC ) as a ...
The name Carina has been used for five tropical cyclones worldwide: four in the Philippines by PAGASA in the Western Pacific, and one by Météo-France in the South-West Indian Ocean. In the Western Pacific, where it replaced Cosme after a tropical storm in 2008 devastated the Philippines: Severe Tropical Storm Talim (2012) (T1205, 06W, Carina ...
At ―PAGASA upgrades Gaemi (Carina) to super-typhoon strength with 10-minute sustained winds of 185 kilometres per hour (100 kn; 115 mph 12:00 UTC At 23°42′N 121°42′E / 23.7°N 121.7°E / 23.7; 121.7 ( Gaemi weakens to a Category 3 typhoon ) ― Typhoon Gaemi (Carina) has weakened to a high-end Category 3 typhoon as it ...
After a rapid intensification, Typhoon Mawar has become the most powerful storm of 2023 globally, according to the Joint Typhoon Warning Centre (JTWC). Mawar’s peak winds have surged to 175 mph ...
The Philippine Atmospheric, Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration (Filipino: Pangasiwaan ng Pilipinas sa Serbisyong Atmosperiko, Heopisiko at Astronomiko, [4] abbreviated as PAGASA, which means "hope" as in the Tagalog word pag-asa) is the National Meteorological and Hydrological Services (NMHS) agency of the Philippines mandated to provide protection against natural calamities ...