MANILA, Philippines: The Philippine Atmospheric Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration (Pagasa) announced on Wednesday that it has decommissioned "Egay" and "Goring" from the regular set of names for tropical cyclones within the country's area of responsibility because of the extensive damage and number of people they have affected.
"We decided to decommission these two names of typhoons due to the magnitude and extent of reported casualties and damage to houses, agriculture and infrastructure they had brought to the country," Pagasa administrator Nathaniel Servando said.
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