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Typhoon Ketsana, known in the Philippines as Tropical Storm Ondoy, was the second-most devastating tropical cyclone of the 2009 Pacific typhoon season, causing $ 1.15 billion in damages and 665 fatalities, only behind Morakot earlier in the season, which caused 956 deaths and damages worth $ 6.2 billion. Ketsana was the sixteenth tropical storm ...
The effects of the 2009 Pacific typhoon season in the Philippines were considered some of the worst in decades. Throughout the year, series of typhoons impacted the country, with the worst damage occurring during September and October from Typhoons Ketsana (Ondoy) and Parma (Pepeng). The season started by the formation of Tropical Depression ...
Typhoon Ketsana, known in the Philippines as Tropical Storm Ondoy, was the second most devastating tropical cyclone in the 2009 Pacific typhoon season with a damage of $1.09 billion and 747 fatalities, only behind Morakot earlier in the season, which caused 789 deaths and damages worth $6.2 billion. The storm was the sixteenth tropical storm ...
Tropical Storm Ondoy (2001) (28W) – a weak storm that completed a loop to the east of Samar Island before moving further out to sea. Tropical Storm Tembin (2005) (T0522, 23W, Ondoy) – made landfall in the northern Philippines. Typhoon Ketsana (2009) (T0916, 17W, Ondoy) – made landfall in the Philippines and causing massive flooding in ...
The 2009 Pacific typhoon season was a below average season that spawned only 22 named storms, 13 typhoons, and five super typhoons. It was also recognized as the deadliest season in the Philippines for decades. The first half of the season was very quiet whereas the second half of the season was extremely active.
All three agencies that have assigned names to tropical cyclones within the Western Pacific have retired the names of significant tropical cyclones, with the PAGASA retiring names if a cyclone has caused at least ₱ 1 billion (~20 million USD) in damage and/or have caused at least 300 deaths within the Philippines.
The Philippines is a typhoon -prone country, with approximately 20 typhoons entering its area of responsibility each year. Locally known generally as bagyo ( [bɐgˈjoʔ] ), [ 3 ] typhoons regularly form in the Philippine Sea and less regularly, in the West Philippine Sea, with the months of June to September being the most active, August being ...
Typhoon Imbudo (Harurot) impacting northern Luzon on July 22, 2003. May 26–28, 2003: Tropical Storm Linfa (Chedeng) and its slow moment caused severe flooding and torrential rainfall to most of Luzon. 41 people died in total from the storm. June 2, 2003: Tropical Storm Nangka (Dodong) passes the extreme Northern Luzon.