The name Urduja was used for three
tropical cyclone
A tropical cyclone is a rapidly rotating storm system characterized by a low-pressure center, a closed low-level atmospheric circulation, strong winds, and a spiral arrangement of thunderstorms that produce heavy rain and squalls. Depend ...
s in the
Philippines
The Philippines (; fil, Pilipinas, links=no), officially the Republic of the Philippines ( fil, Republika ng Pilipinas, links=no),
* bik, Republika kan Filipinas
* ceb, Republika sa Pilipinas
* cbk, República de Filipinas
* hil, Republ ...
by
PAGASA
Pagasa may refer to:
* ''Pagasa'' (genus), an insect genus in the family Nabidae
* PAGASA, an acronym for the Philippine Atmospheric, Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration
*"May Pagasa", a pen-name of José Rizal
José Prot ...
in the Western Pacific. The
name
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was derived from a ''legendary warrior princess''.
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Tropical Depression 27W (2009) (T0927, 27W, Urduja) – short-lived cyclone, developed east of Mindanao
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Typhoon Francisco (2013)
Typhoon Francisco, known in the Philippines as Typhoon Urduja, was a powerful typhoon that strengthened to the equivalent of a Category 5 on the Saffir-Simpson Hurricane Scale, Saffir-Simpson scale, according to the Joint Typhoon Warning Cen ...
(T1326, 26W, Urduja) – Category 5 super typhoon, passed southeast of Okinawa and mainland Japan
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Tropical Storm Kai-tak
Tropical Storm Kai-tak, known in the Philippines as Tropical Storm Urduja, was a late-season tropical cyclone that affected Visayas during December 2017. Forming as the twenty-sixth named storm of the 2017 Pacific typhoon season, Kai-tak formed a ...
(2017) (T1726, 32W, Urduja) – traversed the Visayas region of the Philippines, causing more than ₱1 billion worth of damage
The name Urduja was retired from use in the
Philippine area of responsibility
The Philippine Area of Responsibility (PAR) is an area in the Northwestern Pacific where PAGASA, the Philippines' national meteorological agency, monitors weather occurrences. Significant weather disturbances, specifically tropical cyclones tha ...
following the 2017 typhoon season and replaced with ''Uwan'' on the rotating four-year list of storm names.
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