Typhoons in the Philippines

Typhoons in the Philippines describes the most notable tropical cyclones to enter the Philippine Area of Responsibility and affect the Philippines. ^†Bagyo is the name of any tropical cyclone in the Philippine Islands.Glossary of Meteorology. [http://amsglossary.allenpress.com/glossary/browse?s=b&p=4 Baguio.] Retrieved on 2008-06-11.] An average of 6 to 7 tropical cyclones hit the Philippines per year. [Joint Typhoon Warning Center. [http://www.nrlmry.navy.mil/forecaster_handbooks/Philippines2/Forecasters%20Handbook%20for%20the%20Philippine%20Islands%20and%20Surrounding%20Waters%20Appendix%20B.pdf Appendix B: Characteristics of Tropical Cyclones Affecting the Philippine Islands (Shoemaker 1991).] Retrieved on 2008-04-20.] Bagyo is categorized into four types according to its wind speed by the PAGASA. All tropical cyclones, regardless of strength, are named by PAGASA.cite web | author = Atlantic Oceanographic and Meteorological Laboratory, Hurricane Research Division | title = Frequently Asked Questions: What are the upcoming tropical cyclone names? | publisher = NOAA | accessdate = 2006-12-11 | url = http://www.aoml.noaa.gov/hrd/tcfaq/B2.html] Tropical depressions have maximum sustained winds of between convert|55|km/h|kn and convert|64|km/h|kn near its center. Tropical storms have maximum sustained winds of convert|65|km/h|kn and convert|119|km/h|kn. Typhoons achieve maximum sustained winds of convert|120|km/h|kn to convert|185|km/h|kn,cite web | author = National Weather Service | date = September 2006 | title = Hurricanes... Unleashing Nature's Fury: A Preparedness Guide | publisher = NOAA | accessdate = 2006-12-02 | format = PDF | url = http://www.srh.noaa.gov/fwd/wcm/hurric.pdf] with super typhoons having maximum winds exceeding convert|185|km/h|kn.cite web | author = Bouchard, R. H. | url = http://metocph.nmci.navy.mil/jtwc/pubref/References/where_have_all_the_super_typhoons_gone.ppt | title = A Climatology of Very Intense Typhoons: Or Where Have All the Super Typhoons Gone? | format = PPT | accessdate = 2006-12-05 | date = April 1990] The most destructive tropical cyclone to impact the Philippines was Tropical Storm Thelma in 1991, which killed thousands of people from its resultant flooding.Leoncio A. Amadore, Ph.D. [http://www.wmo.ch/Madrid07/confmadrid/suminfo/3_session1_socio-eco%20imapct%20of%20xtrem%20climatic%20events_LAmador.doc Socio-Economic Impacts of Extreme Climatic Events in the Philippines.] Retrieved on 2007-02-25.] The wettest known tropical cyclone to impact the archipelago was the July 1911 cyclone which dropped over convert|1168|mm|in of rainfall within a 24 hour period at Baguio City.Glossary of Meteorology. [http://amsglossary.allenpress.com/glossary/browse?s=b&p=4 Baguio.] Retrieved on 2008-06-11.]

^†Bagyo

Bagyo, as a term, is not equivalent to typhoon for two reasons. First, typhoon generically refers to strong tropical cyclones in the Northwest Pacific west of the dateline. Secondly, a typhoon (in the case of the Philippines) is a categorical name for any bagyo inside the Philippines' area of responsibility. Bagyo should not be confused with Baguio, a Philippine city, the name of which is the origin of the term used in regards to tropical cyclones.Glossary of Meteorology. [http://amsglossary.allenpress.com/glossary/browse?s=b&p=4 Baguio.] Retrieved on 2008-06-11.]

Most destructive

Wettest recorded tropical cyclones

ee also

*2007 Pacific typhoon season

References

External links

* [http://www.pagasa.dost.gov.ph/cab/tc_stats.htm Philippine Tropical Cyclone Statistics]
* [http://www.pagasa.dost.gov.ph/wb/tcupdate.shtml Philippine Tropical Cyclone Update]
* [http://www.typhoon2000.ph/ Typhoon2000]