However, these deadly and destructive storms do occur; on average, about eight tornadoes are reported in the region each year.
Hurricane Pauline was the deadliest storm of the season.
The season produced several deadly storms, with eight storms killing more than 20 people.
She would never forget the Englishman's courage in the face of that deadly storm.
However, disaster response officials point out that redevelopment encourages more people to live in clearly dangerous areas subject to future deadly storms.
"They depend on the tourism, and to have such a deadly storm happen now at the beginning of the season is unbelievable."
However, at the time of its occurrence, it was the sixth deadliest storm in the country.
The cyclone is said to be one of the deadliest storms ever to hit the Philippines in decades.
Hurricane Hugo, the deadly 1989 storm, did not doom that name.
The 1915 Galveston hurricane was an intense, deadly and very destructive storm.