Paalam kay Crising at Uwan: PAGASA Retires 7 Storm Names After a Brutal 2025
PAGASA has officially retired seven tropical cyclone names from its regular list after the deadly and damaging 2025 storm season. The names being removed are Crising, Emong, Mirasol, Nando, Opong, Tino, and Uwan — a clear sign of just how hard those weather systems hit the country.
The weather bureau said the replacement names will be Chico, Elias, Magyawan, Nilad, Omar, Tala, and Urbano, and these will start appearing in the rotation in 2029. Under PAGASA rules, a local storm name gets pulled out once a cyclone causes at least 300 deaths or at least P1 billion in damage based on official disaster reports.
PAGASA said the seven retired names met that threshold because of the exceptional scale of destruction linked to the 2025 storms. Based on figures from the Office of Civil Defense, the combined toll reached 373 deaths, 680 injuries, 132 people missing, and more than P36 billion in total damage. Hindi biro iyon.
The report also recalled some of the worst hits from last year, including Super Typhoon Nando in Northern Luzon and Super Typhoon Uwan in Bicol and parts of the north. Those disasters became part of the reason the names will no longer be reused, since retired names are meant to mark especially devastating events in the public memory.
Alongside the naming update, PAGASA said no tropical cyclone was currently spotted outside the Philippine Area of Responsibility, though the northeast monsoon and easterlies were still affecting different parts of the country. So while the skies may be calmer for now, the agency's latest move is a reminder that last year's storm damage left a very real mark.
Source: The Manila Times
