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Super typhoon Haiyan hits Category 5, an extremely serious threat to Philippines
Super typhoon Haiyan at 17:30 UTC or 12:30 p.m. EST Wednesday [Nov. 6]
November 6. 2013
The western Pacific storm Haiyan has intensified without interruption since Sunday and is now a dangerous Category 5 super typhoon, with maximum sustained winds exceeding 160 mph. It is on a path due west, and landfall Friday in the central Philippines is inevitable.
Haiyan – known as Yolanda in the Philippines – is likely the strongest storm to form on the planet this year.
“Based on satellite imagery, [Haiyan's] the strongest storm I’ve seen since Bopha (2012),” says Ryan Maue, a meteorologist with WeatherBell Analytics.
Super typhoon Bopha [ http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Typhoon_Bopha ], whose peak winds reached 175 mph, caused hundreds of fatalities on the southern Philippine island of Mindanao in December 2012.
Maue says it’s possible Haiyan’s maximum sustained winds have reached 180 mph.
“[The] system has developed to almost max intensity for a cyclone,” notes a NOAA bulletin [ http://www.ssd.noaa.gov/PS/TROP/storms/HAIYAN.html ].
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http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/capital-weather-gang/wp/2013/11/06/super-typhoon-haiyan-hits-category-5-an-extremely-serious-threat-to-philippines/ [with comments]
Super typhoon Haiyan at 17:30 UTC or 12:30 p.m. EST Wednesday [Nov. 6]
November 6. 2013
The western Pacific storm Haiyan has intensified without interruption since Sunday and is now a dangerous Category 5 super typhoon, with maximum sustained winds exceeding 160 mph. It is on a path due west, and landfall Friday in the central Philippines is inevitable.
Haiyan – known as Yolanda in the Philippines – is likely the strongest storm to form on the planet this year.
“Based on satellite imagery, [Haiyan's] the strongest storm I’ve seen since Bopha (2012),” says Ryan Maue, a meteorologist with WeatherBell Analytics.
Super typhoon Bopha [ http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Typhoon_Bopha ], whose peak winds reached 175 mph, caused hundreds of fatalities on the southern Philippine island of Mindanao in December 2012.
Maue says it’s possible Haiyan’s maximum sustained winds have reached 180 mph.
“[The] system has developed to almost max intensity for a cyclone,” notes a NOAA bulletin [ http://www.ssd.noaa.gov/PS/TROP/storms/HAIYAN.html ].
[...]
http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/capital-weather-gang/wp/2013/11/06/super-typhoon-haiyan-hits-category-5-an-extremely-serious-threat-to-philippines/ [with comments]
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