The truth about Typhoon Ewiniar hitting the Philippines 8 times

The Philippines is an archipelago, each time storm Ewiniar hits an island is counted as a landfall, so there is information that storm EWINIAR made landfall in the Philippines 8 times , according to the National Center for Hydrometeorological Forecasting.

Yesterday, May 26, the Pacific Northwest region welcomed the first storm of this year's storm season, one month later than the average for many years. This storm has many different names such as storm Ewiniar, storm No. 1 or storm Aghon.

Explaining this, the National Center for Hydrometeorological Forecasting said that Ewiniar is the international name of the storm . This is the first storm in the Pacific Northwest region, so the international code is 2401 . This code was given by the Japan Meteorological Agency because Japan is being assigned by the World Meteorological Organization to monitor and forecast storms in the Northwest Pacific region. Therefore, storm Ewiniar is also known as storm number 1. However, the National Center for Hydrometeorological Forecasting also noted that this is storm number 1 in the Pacific Northwest region, not storm number 1. on the East Sea.

Storm Ewiniar also has another name, Storm Aghon. According to the National Center for Hydrometeorological Forecasting, when Ewiniar enters the forecast area of ​​the Philippines, this country sets a separate storm name according to its own rules, not by number like Vietnam.

Forecast of the path of storm EWINIAR. (Source: National Center for Hydrometeorological Forecasting).

Typhoon Ewiniar formed from a tropical depression that appeared in the eastern seaboard of the Southern Philippines, then moved along the Philippines and strengthened into a storm yesterday (May 26), opening this year's typhoon season in the Philippines. Pacific Northwest.

Regarding information about Typhoon Ewiniar hitting the Philippines 8 times, the National Center for Hydro-Meteorological Forecasting said that the Philippines is an island nation with more than 7,000 islands. The storm moved into the central region of the Philippines and then north, each time it hit an island was counted as a landfall.

Also according to the National Center for Hydro-Meteorological Forecasting, after passing along the Philippines, storm Ewiniar turned Northeast, heading towards Japan, with little possibility of entering the East Sea.

The National Center for Hydro-Meteorological Forecasting said that this year's storm season in the East Sea could become very complicated due to the shift in ENSO status from El Nino to neutral, then to La Nina.

It is forecast that in the first half of the season (June-August), the number of storms and tropical depressions in the East Sea may be less than the average for many years. However, from September to December, storms can become stronger and more frequent with more storms and the possibility of strong, irregular storms.