<Tr> <Th> Tropical Storm </Th> <Td> 34--47 knots 62--88 km / h </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Tropical Depression </Th> <Td> ≤ 33 knots ≤ 61 km / h </Td> </Tr> <P> Approximately twenty tropical cyclones enter the Philippine Area of Responsibility yearly of which ten will be typhoons with five being destructive . The Philippines is "the most exposed country in the world to tropical storms" according to a Time Magazine article in 2013 . In the Philippine languages, typhoons are called bagyo . </P> <P> Typhoons can hit the Philippines any time of year, with the months of June to September being the most active, with August being the most active individual month and May the least active . Typhoons move east to west across the country, heading north as they go . Storms most frequently make landfall on the islands of Eastern Visayas, Bicol region, and northern Luzon whereas the southern island and region of Mindanao is largely free of typhoons . </P>

Number of typhoons in the philippines per year