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Residents walk near damaged homes in the coastal town of Tubigon, Bohol, one of the hardest hit provinces of typhoon Odette on Dec. 28, 2021. Aica Dioquino, OVP handout/File
MANILA — State weather bureau PAGASA on Wednesday revised its definition of a "super typhoon" and its system for alerting the public on the wind strength of tropical cyclones.
A super typhoon packs maximum sustained winds of at least 185 kilometers per hour, based on PAGASA’s revised definition.
Previously, PAGASA defined a super typhoon as a tropical cyclone with more than 220 kph maximum sustained winds.
The new definition is similar to the USA Joint Typhoon Warning Center's super typhoon classification, when converted to 10-minute averaging.
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PAGASA introduced this category in 2015 to better reflect the potential dangers of super typhoons like Yolanda, the strongest storm to ever hit land, which left more than 7,360 people dead or missing across central Philippines in 2013.
The state weather bureau also amended its tropical cyclone wind signals, which now correspond to the following categories.
Tropical Depression Less than 62 kilometers per hour maximum sustained winds Highest wind signal: 1
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