The more common Tagalog word for a storm or typhoon is bagyo.
sig·wá
tempest, storm at sea
tempest, storm at sea
sigwá
typhoon, heavy rain
sumigwa
have heavy rain and a typhoon
sumisigwa, sumigwa, sisigwa
masigwa
tempestuous
sigwa ng kuryente
= resistensiyang elektrikal
electrical resistance
There is a collection of stories first published in 1972 that is titled Sigwa (Storm).
KAHULUGAN SA TAGALOG
sigwá: unós
sigwá: itapon ang tubig ng palay kapag ito ay binabalatan
magsigwá, sumigwá
dinatnan ng sigwa
bagsak ng malakas na ulang may kasamang malakas na hangin
