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PSWS Map in the Philippines during the passage of Typhoon Haiyan (Yolanda) Officials placed police officers in the Bicol Region ahead of the storm. [37] In the provinces of Samar and Leyte, classes were canceled, and residents in flood- and landslide-prone areas were required to evacuate. [38]
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.
May 14–17, 2020: Typhoon Vongfong (Ambo) made landfall over Eastern Samar as a Category 3 typhoon, and affected much of Luzon. Preparations for the typhoon were complicated due to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic. Throughout the Philippines, Vongfong caused around ₱1.57 billion (US$31.1 million) in damage, and killed five people. [31] [32]
Typhoon Haiyan, known in the Philippines as Typhoon "Yolanda", caused catastrophic destruction after ploughing through central Philippines in November 2013 with 10-minute maximum sustained winds peaking at 235 km/h as estimated by PAGASA. [20] Discussions on revising the PSWS started, as PSWS #4 was deemed inadequate for extreme tropical cyclones.
Mangkhut was the most intense typhoon to strike Hong Kong since Typhoon Ellen in 1983; the highest typhoon warning signal No. 10 remained in place for ten hours. [ 2 ] [ 71 ] An hourly mean wind of 81 km/h (50 mph) and gusts up to 169 km/h (105 mph) were recorded at the Hong Kong Observatory in Tsim Sha Tsui , while on Cheung Chau island these ...
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.
Tropical Storm Yolanda (1992) – remained in the open ocean. In the Western Pacific: Typhoon Haiyan (2013) (T1330, 31W, Yolanda) – Category 5 super typhoon, caused massive destruction in the Philippines and in Southern China. The name Yolanda was retired by PAGASA after the 2013 typhoon season, and replaced with Yasmin.