Pagasa: 8 tropical cyclone names retired after destructive 2024 season
The Philippine Atmospheric, Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration (Pagasa) recorded a decrease in the water level of eight dams in Luzon as of 6 a.m. on Tuesday, January 23, 2024. (Photo from Pagasa)
MANILA, Philippines — The Philippine Atmospheric, Geophysical, and Astronomical Services Administration (Pagasa) has decommissioned eight tropical cyclone names from its regular list following the devastating typhoons that struck the country in 2024.
The decommissioned names were Aghon, Enteng, Julian, Kristine, Leon, Nika, Ofel, and Pepito, Pagasa announced in a statement on Wednesday.
It added that Pagasa Administrator Nathaniel Servando first disclosed the retirement of the tropical cyclone names during a press conference on February 17.
“A domestic tropical cyclone name is decommissioned or ‘retired’ if its passage directly resulted in the deaths of at least 300 individuals or caused damage to houses, agriculture, and infrastructure amounting to at least PHP 1 billion based on official reports from the Office of the Civil Defense,” Pagasa explained.
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Article continues after this advertisementThe state weather bureau attributed the retirement of all eight names to “the compounding impacts brought about by the successive typhoon passages during the last quarter of 2024.”
Article continues after this advertisement“This made 2024 the year with the most number of decommissioned names since the present naming scheme began in 2001,” Pagasa added.
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With the decommissioning, Pagasa will use the replacement names Amuyao, Edring, Josefa, Kidul, Lekep, Nanolay, Onos, and Puwok from its reserved list starting January 1, 2028.
