Philippines Brace for Super Typhoon Haiyan
The weather story of the week and perhaps the year is Super Typhoon Haiyan. Haiyan is a very powerful super typhoon that will be impacting the island nation of the Philippines. Typhoons are notorious for being the strongest storm systems on earth, and Haiyan is no exception. Haiyan is the equivalent of a category 5 hurricane with maximum sustained winds of 190 mph with gust to over 230 mph. This is truly a monster and a very dangerous storm.
Haiyan is a very organized system as it has the classic buzz saw look of a very powerful tropical system. This system will move through the Philippines and will bring widespread destruction and likely loss of life. It will cross some heavily populated islands, but as of now, it looks as though the worst of the storm will miss the capital of Manila, which is the population center. The system will remain a very strong system as it continues to the west-northwest towards Vietnam.
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