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Anyone have an idea of how existing solar farms in the Philippines have weathered typhoon season over the past decade?

The country is a proverbial magnet for typhoons, and it seems like a major disaster strikes every year; wiki[1] claims half of the top 10 deadliest were within the past 2 decades, and the top 10 most destructive were all in the past 15 years!

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Typhoons_in_the_Philippines

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I lived here my whole life, I experienced 2 major typhoons (almost 40 years old). Not sure if major disaster strikes every year is accurate.

Flooding is the primary concern for us during typhoons, majority of the lands here are agricultural and mountainous. So debris are not a concern.

Solar arrays are low to the ground and comparatively sturdy relative to construction like housing. Are they particularly at risk? This seems like an argument you could apply to any industry in the coastal tropics. Yet there is industry in the coastal tropics nonetheless.

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