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October 23–24, 2012: Tropical Storm Son-Tinh (Ofel) passes by the central part of the country, with Tropical Cyclone Signal No. 2 being raised in much of Visayas. December 3–4, 2012: Typhoon Bopha (Pablo) becomes the strongest tropical cyclone on record to affect Mindanao. Extensive and widespread damage was reported in that archipelago and ...
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 deadliest tropical cyclone was Tropical Storm Megi, which caused 214 fatalities in the Philippines (excluding 132 others rendered missing), while the costliest was Hurricane Ian, which had an estimated damage total of at least $113.1 billion (2022 USD) after affecting Trinidad and Tobago, Venezuela, Colombia, the western part of the Greater ...
2022 Pacific typhoon season Season summary map Seasonal boundaries First system formed January 27, 2022 Last system dissipated December 12, 2022 Strongest storm Name Nanmadol • Maximum winds 195 km/h (120 mph) (10-minute sustained) • Lowest pressure 910 hPa (mbar) Seasonal statistics Total depressions 37 Total storms 25 Typhoons 10 Super typhoons 3 (unofficial) [nb 1] Total fatalities 498 ...
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.
[3] [14] The four lists of names are rotated every four years, with the names of significant tropical cyclones retired if they have caused at least ₱1 billion in damage and/or at least 300 deaths within the Philippines; [14] [15] replacements to retired names are taken from the agency's list of reserved names. [14]
Ian and Fiona, two of 2022's most catastrophic weather events, will no longer be used as names for tropical storms or hurricanes in the Atlantic basin, the World Meteorological Organization ...
[48] [49] Four sets of tropical cyclone names are rotated annually with typhoon names stricken from the list should they do more than 1 billion pesos worth of damage to the Philippines and/or cause 300 or more deaths. [50] [51] Should the list of names for a given year prove insufficient, names are taken from an auxiliary list. [50]