The Philippines is the most exposed country in the world to tropical storms. Storms most frequently make landfall on the islands of Eastern Visayas, Bicol region, and northern Luzon. The southern island and region of Mindanao is largely free of typhoons. Climate change is likely to worsen the situation, with extreme weather events including typhoons posing various risks and threats.
About Typhoons in the Philippines in brief
The Philippines is the most exposed country in the world to tropical storms. In the Philippine languages, tropical cyclones are generally called bagyo. The deadliest overall tropical cyclone to affect the Philippines is believed to have been the Haiphong typhoon, which is estimated to have killed up to 20,000 people as it passed over the country in September 1881. Storms most frequently make landfall on the islands of Eastern Visayas, Bicol region, and northern Luzon, whereas the southern island and region of Mindanao is largely free of typhoons. Climate change is likely to worsen the situation, with extreme weather events including typhoons posing various risks and threats to the Philippines. Typhoons can hit the Philippines any time of the year, with the months of June to September being most active, with August being the most active individual month and May the least active. Tropical cyclones usually account for at least 30 per cent of the annual rainfall in the northern Philippines while being responsible for less than 10 per cent in the southern islands.
The number of destructive typhoons have increased recently but it is too early to call it a trend. Preparation and response to typhoons is coordinated by the National Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Council. The Philippine Weather Bureau started naming storms within their area of responsibility in 1963, using female Filipino names ending in the former native alphabetical order. The Joint Typhoon Warning Center in Honolulu started monitoring and naming storms in the Western Pacific region in 1945, originally using female names in English alphabetical Order. That list was revised in 1979 by introducing male names to be used in alternation with the female names. This often resulted in a Western Pacific cyclone two names: an international name and a local name used within thePhilippines.
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This page is based on the article Typhoons in the Philippines published in Wikipedia (as of Dec. 05, 2020) and was automatically summarized using artificial intelligence.
