Typhoons hit the Philippines at least 20 times a year. Before this year, the weather bureau have named them with the first letters following the Tagalog alphabet. It surprised me for this year, the first letter of typhoon names are now following the English alphabet! They could be running out of Tagalog human names but it is no excuse. The codenames could be simple Tagalog words instead. Anyway the typhoons are given international names so there's no concern for other nationalities to be asking what kind of language the names are given to them.
Saturday, June 25, 2011
Typhoons and monsoon rains
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