In September 2022 Typhoon Karding/Noru blasted one of the principal sources of onions in the Philippines, Nueva Ecija province. The onion crop was ruined. Fields and roads were washed out, hit by landslides, etc.
This was compounded when the government banned onion imports.
Prices have been running at @ $5/lb
I am corrected - last week the government finally allowed onion imports.