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i can recite all the names of typhoons, categories, location and its cycles
of the last years that i've covered weather forecasts at pagasa for its typhoon updates!
time magazine described the philippines as the most exposed country in the world to tropical storms
most frequently hit by typhoon are those areas of northern luzon and eastern visayas
pagasa forecasts at least more than 10 tropical cyclone each year
pagasa or philippine atmospheric geophysical and astronomical services administration, a state weather bureau
that provides typhoon warnings and assessments
the classifications of typhoons varies depending on the maximum sustained wind described
tropical disturbance - or low pressure area
tropical depression - 55kph sustained winds
tropical storm - - up to 120kph sustained winds
typhoon - 120kph and above sustained winds
no super typhoon category then, until after the most destructive typhoon to hit the country
i can recite all the names of typhoons, categories, location and its cycles
of the last years that i've covered weather forecasts at pagasa for its typhoon updates!
time magazine described the philippines as the most exposed country in the world to tropical storms
most frequently hit by typhoon are those areas of northern luzon and eastern visayas
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| July 4, 2015 | PAGASA Weather Center Quezon City |
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| August 21, 2015 | PAGASA Weather Center Quezon City |
pagasa or philippine atmospheric geophysical and astronomical services administration, a state weather bureau
that provides typhoon warnings and assessments
the classifications of typhoons varies depending on the maximum sustained wind described
tropical disturbance - or low pressure area
tropical depression - 55kph sustained winds
tropical storm - - up to 120kph sustained winds
typhoon - 120kph and above sustained winds
no super typhoon category then, until after the most destructive typhoon to hit the country
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| July 6, 2015 | Jorie Lois, weather forecaster of PAGASA |
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| July 6, 2015 | Jorie Lois, weather forecaster of PAGASA |
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| July 8, 2015 | Patricia Mangune reporting live from PAGASA |
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| July 8, 2015 | Patricia Mangune reporting live for Aksyon sa Tanghali (N5E) |
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| August 22, 2015 | France Noguera reporting live from PAGASA |
i remember so well, i was part of the news team that will be sent there few days before its landfall
together with our news crew, news reporter gerard garcia and news anchor erwin tulfo
they all went to leyte except myself, that turns out a blessing in disguise on my end, because i would have died there
our news team, just like most of the journalists that were sent there, was at the death's door, during their live news coverage
that they all would not want to look back and risked their lives while covering the onslaught of the super typhoon yolanda,
where storm surges caused massive destruction to lives and properties of more than thousands
and fast forward to 2015, when pagasa introduced another cyclone warning and category
and revised the classification adding super typhoon as well as public storm signal number 5
tropical depression - at least 61kph
tropical storm - up to 88kph
severe tropical storm - up to 117kph
typhoon - up to 220kph
super typhoon - at least 220kph
signal number 1 - 30 to 60kph
signal number 2 - 61 to 120kph
signal number 3 - 121 to 170 kph
signal number 4 - 171 to 220kph
signal number 5 - 220kph or more
the revision came after yolanda and the threat to possibly more strong typhoons in the future
and also this is to escalate sense of urgency among local communities to respond appropriately to threats of approaching storm
and for the first time in history, pagasa declared a storm signal number 5 on 19th october this year! the highest tropical cyclone warning signal!
super typhoon lawyn with international name haima
posed a serious threat to the northern part of luzon and under signal number 5, the northern province of cagayan and isabela
lawin has maximum winds of up to 225kph and gustiness of up to 315kph
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| October 19, 2016 | our news vehicle at the NLEX |
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| October 20, 2016 | the aftermath of Super Typhoon Lawin |
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| October 20, 2016 | back-to-back live report of Dindo Flora and Renz Ongkiko from Isabela |
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| October 20, 2016 | Dindo Flora reporting live for the 1st Story on Aksyon Primetime (N5E) |
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| October 20, 2016 | Renz Ongkiko reporting live for the 2nd Story on Aksyon Primetime (N5E) |
on our way there, at nueva ecija, we've experienced powerful winds!
monitoring reports from radio and twitter and advisories from our news desk, given its massive strength and intensity
we've decided to take it slow and easy as we brace ourselves for the impact of super typhoon lawin!
it was a sunny afternoon when we arrived at isabela capitol! late noon of 20th october, but the aftermath welcomed our team!
toppled trees and posts, here and there and several destruction
we aired a back-to-back live report for the primetime newscast aksyon,
dindo flora summarized stories from cagayan while renz ongkiko summarized stories from isabela
there were no casualties reported! the preemptive evacuation of its local government works so well! that ensured safety to thousands of residence
but damages to land and other properties caused billions!
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