Philippine Area of Responsibility

Significant weather disturbances, specifically tropical cyclones that enter or develop in the PAR, are given Philippine-specific names.

The area also includes the main island of Palau, most of Taiwan, as well as portions of the Malaysian state of Sabah, the Japanese prefecture of Okinawa (Miyakojima, Tarama, Ishigaki, Taketomi, Yonaguni) and a small patch of land in Brunei (Brunei–Muara District).

[3][4] Tropical cyclones are only assigned local names by PAGASA when they enter or develop within the PAR.

[7] When a named weather disturbance within the PAR has made or is expected to make landfall in the Philippines, PAGASA is mandated to issue Tropical Cyclone Bulletins every three or six hours.

Together with the PAR, these three areas of the Northwest Pacific Basin are collectively called domains.