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November 11, 2020: Typhoon Vamco (Ulysses) caused the worst flooding in Metro Manila since 2009. 98 people were killed and damages of ₱20.3 billion (US$421 million), the sixth costliest Philippine typhoon on record. December 18–19, 2020: Tropical Depression Vicky caused flooding and several landslides over southern Philippines. Nine people ...
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.
The 2020 Pacific typhoon season was the first of a series of four below average Pacific typhoon seasons, and became the first with below-average tropical cyclone activity since 2014, with 23 named storms, 10 of which became typhoons and only 2 became super typhoons.
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 name Pepito has been used by PAGASA for two northwestern Pacific Ocean tropical cyclones within the Philippine Area of Responsibility. It replaced Pablo after the destruction caused by its iteration in 2012. Typhoon Saudel (2020) (T2017, 19W, Pepito) – a typhoon that affected the Philippines, Vietnam and Southern China.
The final typhoon of the season was Typhoon Vamco, which was another serious Philippine typhoon. The last depression dissipated in early December. During most of the year, sea surface temperatures were moderately below normal near the equator, and were highest around 160° E from August to October. Partially as a result, most of the storms make ...
Typhoon Goni, with 215 kph (133 miles) sustained winds and gusts of up to 265 kph (164 mph), will make landfall on Sunday as the strongest typhoon to hit the Philippines since Haiyan that killed ...
List of Philippine typhoons (2000–present) 0–9. 1881 Haiphong typhoon; 1912 Tacloban typhoon; A. ... This page was last edited on 22 August 2020, at 23:34 (UTC).