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Names like Yolanda, Ondoy, and Pablo have all been retired from PAGASA's list after the storms they were attached to caused significant loss of life, a practice meant to avoid confusion and preserve historical memory of the event.
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Auxiliary Names
Auxiliary names are a backup list PAGASA uses when more tropical cyclones form in a single year than the regular annual list of names can cover.
International Naming System
The international naming system, maintained by the WMO through JMA, assigns names to tropical cyclones in the Northwest Pacific from a rotating list contributed by member countries across the region.
PAGASA Naming System
The PAGASA naming system assigns a local Filipino name to any tropical cyclone that enters the Philippine Area of Responsibility, separate from the international name the same storm may carry.
Tropical Cyclone Name List
A tropical cyclone name list is the pre-assigned, rotating set of names PAGASA or JMA cycles through each year to identify new storms as they form.
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