From vulnerability to resilience: Addressing the causes, impacts, and solutions for recurrent flash floods in the Philippines
September 2025
The Philippines is among the most disaster-prone nations. Its islands are frequently hit by floods, typhoons, landslides, earthquakes, volcanic eruptions, and droughts due to their location along major...
Typhoon Odette (Rai): Rapid intensification, devastation, and lessons for resilient recovery in the Philippines
December 2025
The study explored how Typhoon Odette developed, what made it so powerful, and how it deeply affected the lives of millions of Filipinos, disrupting homes, livelihoods, infrastructure, agriculture,...
Recent increase in the number of Super Typhoons in the Philippines
December 2025
The negative impacts of tropical cyclones (TCs) on the Philippines' socioeconomic development continue to rise, despite previous reports indicating a decline in the annual number of TCs within the Philippine...
2020 tropical cyclones in the Philippines: A review
September 2021
The official website of the Philippine Atmospheric Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration (PAGASA) said more tropical cyclones (TCs) enter the Philippine Area of Responsibility (PAR) than...
Dominant Modes of Tropical Cyclone Activity in the Philippines
June 2026
Tropical cyclone (TC) activity over the Philippines is influenced by large-scale variability across the western North Pacific (WNP), yet basin-wide analyses may obscure subregional patterns relevant...
The influence of El Niño-Southern Oscillation (ENSO) on the characteristics of tropical cyclones in Indonesia waters
September 2025
Indonesia, bordered by the Indian and Pacific Oceans, is influenced by tropical cyclone (TC) activity and phenomena such as the El Niño-Southern Oscillation (ENSO) and Indian Ocean Dipole (IOD). This...
Observational and Forecasting Aspects of Super Typhoon Ragasa in Hong Kong
June 2026
Super Typhoon Ragasa in September 2025 ranked the second-strongest tropical cyclone (TC) in the South China Sea since records began in 1950. Its closest approach to Hong Kong was only about 120 km yet...
Disaster Risk Reduction and Preparedness for the Increasing Tropical Cyclone Risk – Hong Kong Perspective
June 2026
Tropical cyclones (TCs) are one of the most destructive weather systems. Various hazards associated with TCs, such as extreme winds, heavy rain, storm surge and flooding, can incur multiple casualties...
An update on the influence of natural climate variability and anthropogenic climate change on tropical cyclones
September 2023
A substantial number of studies have been published since the Ninth International Workshop on Tropical Cyclones (IWTC-9) in 2018, improving our understanding of the effect of climate change on tropical...
Performance of Tropical Cyclone Forecasts in the Western North Pacific in 2025. Part Ⅰ: Track and Intensity
June 2026
This study evaluates the performance of operational tropical cyclone (TC) track and intensity forecasts over the western North Pacific (WNP) during the 2025 season. The 2025 WNP TC season was very active,...
A review of recent research progress on the effect of external influences on tropical cyclone intensity change
September 2023
Over the past four years, significant research has advanced our understanding of how external factors influence tropical cyclone (TC) intensity changes. Research on air-sea interactions shows that increasing...
Review of artificial intelligence application in typhoon forecasting
September 2025
As global climate warming intensifies, the frequency and intensity of typhoon (tropical cyclone) have become increasingly uncertain, posing significant challenges to human society. Traditional typhoon...
AI-Enhanced Detection and Comparative Analysis of Tropical Cyclones Across Global Ocean Basins
June 2026
This study develops a deep-learning framework for detecting tropical cyclone (TC) life-cycle stages from infrared satellite imagery across six global ocean basins. You Only Look Once (YOLO) v8 models...
Tropical cyclogenesis: Controlling factors and physical mechanisms
September 2023
In this review, advances in the understanding of the controlling factors and physical mechanisms of tropical cyclogenesis (TCG) are summarized from recent (2018–2022) research on TCG, as presented in...
Advances in Tropical Cyclone Monitoring and Forecasting in Hong Kong using Ensemble Predictions and Artificial Intelligence
March 2026
The Hong Kong Observatory (HKO) is the meteorological authority in Hong Kong, responsible for weather monitoring, forecasting, and issuing warnings on weather-related hazards. Over the years, the HKO...
In-Situ Observations and Storm Surge Impact Assessment of Super Typhoon Fung-Wong (2025) in Aurora Province, Philippines
Available online 18 July 2026
In situ observations during tropical cyclone (TC) landfall remain limited in the Philippines despite being one of the world's most tropical cyclone-prone countries. This study documents a storm-chasing...
Characteristics and near-landfall behavior of tropical cyclones affecting the Philippines (1979–2024)
December 2025
The Philippines is one of the most frequently affected countries by tropical cyclones (TCs), yet key questions remain about how storm behavior evolves as they enter national warning domains. In this...
Flash flood modeling in the data-poor basin: A case study in Matina River Basin
June 2021
Forecasting flooding hazards is a very effective non-engineering measure for flood control. Presently, the commonly used forecasting method in simulating flash flood events is through a watershed hydrological...
Tropical cyclone Seroja’s aftermath: Flash flood inundation modeling and recovery efforts in rural coastal Lembata, East Nusa Tenggara Province, Indonesia
December 2025
As the risk of adverse impacts from tropical cyclones increases globally, more people and assets are being exposed to the potential damage they may cause. However, not much is known about the processes...
Tropical Cyclone Activities in the Western North Pacific in 2024
March 2026
Using the best-track dataset from the Shanghai Typhoon Institute/China Meteorological Administration, this paper reports on the tropical cyclone (TC) activities in the Western North Pacific (WNP) and...
Typhoon science meets artificial intelligence: A roundtable on bridging physics-based and data-driven paradigms
September 2025
This paper summarizes the ‘Artificial Intelligence (AI) + Typhoon’ session and a subordinated roundtable forum at the 21st China National Workshop on Tropical Cyclones (NWTC-XXI, 16–18 April. 2025,...
Verification of Artificial Intelligence models on tropical cyclone forecasting over the western North Pacific and the South China Sea in 2024
December 2025
This study verifies the performance of Artificial Intelligence Weather Prediction (AIWP) models in forecasting the track and intensity of tropical cyclones (TCs) over the western North Pacific and the...
Role of Oceanic Mixed Layer Processes over Meso-Scale Eddies in Impacting the Tropical Cyclones in the Bay of Bengal
June 2026
Tropical cyclones dynamically interact with mesoscale oceanic features, like warm-core and cold-core eddies, which play a key role in their track and intensification. Warm (cold) core eddies, which...
Integrated Simulation and Risk Mapping of Cyclone ‘Remal’ (2024) over the Bangladesh Coast using WRF and AHP-GIS Framework
March 2026
Tropical cyclones are among the most devastating natural hazards for the coastal communities of the Bay of Bengal, especially in the low-lying and densely populated regions of Bangladesh. This study...
Spatio-temporal behaviours of tropical cyclones over the bay of Bengal Basin in last five decades
March 2022
Present research is an endeavour to scrutinise the spatio-temporal climatic characteristics of tropical cyclones (TCs) bustle in the Bay of Bengal basin, found in RSMC-IMD data all through 1971–2020....