Typhoon Phanfone | 26 Dec 2019

The Philippines was hit by typhoon Phanfone on 25^th December 2019.

Typhoon Phanfone is known as Ursula in the local language in the Philippines.
It is the second typhoon after typhoon Kammuri which hit the Philippines recently.
Phanfone is following a similar path as Super Typhoon Haiyan, which had hit the country in 2013.
- Typhoon is a region-specific name of the Tropical Cyclone (swirling system of clouds and thunderstorms that originates over tropical or subtropical oceans).
The Philippines is the first major landmass facing the Pacific cyclone belt. It is hit by about 20 storms and typhoons each year.

Cyclone is the formation of a very low-pressure system with very high-speed winds revolving around it. Factors like wind speed, wind direction, temperature and humidity contribute to the development of cyclones.
Cyclones are called 'Hurricanes' in the North Atlantic and Eastern Pacific, 'Typhoons' in South-East Asia and China and ‘Tropical Cyclones’ in the South-West Pacific and Indian Ocean Region.