Typhoons in the Philippines storms impacting the Philippines in deadly seasons, see: Typhoons in the Philippines Approximately twenty tropical cyclones enter the Philippine Area of Responsibility yearly, an area which incorporates parts of the Pacific Ocean, South China Sea and the Philippine Archipelago (with the exception of Tawi-Tawi province). Among these cyclones, ten will be typhoons, with five having the potential to be destructive ones. 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". Typhoons can hit the Philippines any time of year, with
Brazilians in the Philippines Rockwell Center in Makati City. Brazilians in the Philippines Brazilians in the Philippines form the country's 10th-largest group of foreign residents, according to the 2000 Philippines census. Since 2004, there has been a wave of Brazilian models coming to the Philippines for work. Many of these models are of Japanese heritage. They look somewhat like Filipinos but with more "chiseled features", which has been an advantage to them in finding jobs in the Philippines. Brazilians are attracted to the modelling industry in the Philippines because, unlike other countries in the region such as Thailand and China, English is widely spoken.