Super Typhoon Usagi closes in on Taiwan and Philippines

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Super Typhoon Usagi closes in on Taiwan and Philippines

POSTED: 21 Sep 2013 7:08 AM

HONG KONG: Super Typhoon Usagi, the most powerful cyclone of 2013 so far, was closing in on Taiwan and the Philippines on Saturday, packing gusts of nearly 300 kilometres (185 miles) per hour and bringing storm surge and torrential rain.

Usagi, which intensified dramatically into a super typhoon in the early hours of Friday, is to roar through the Luzon Strait dividing the Philippines and Taiwan on Saturday morning as it barrels towards Hong Kong and the Chinese coast.

Taiwan's southern tip is set to be clipped by the storm's northeast quadrant, typically home to a tropical cyclone's most powerful winds.

The US Navy's Joint Typhoon Warning Centre said in a bulletin issued at 11.00 pm Friday (1500 GMT Friday) that Usagi was packing sustained winds of 130 knots (240 kph, 150 mph), with gusts of up to 160 knots (296kph, 185mph), making it the equivalent of a strong category four Atlantic hurricane.
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http://www.channelnewsasia.com/news/asiapacific/super-typhoon-usagi/821498.html

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Re: Super Typhoon Usagi closes in on Taiwan and Philippines

Source: http://online.wsj.com/article/SB100...6.html?mod=WSJ_hpp_MIDDLENexttoWhatsNewsThird

Updated September 21, 2013, 9:49 a.m. ET
Hong Kong Braces for Super Typhoon Usagi
Storm Is Packing Maximum Sustained Winds of 121 Miles an Hour
By
ISABELLA STEGER
CONNECT

HONG KONG?Super Typhoon Usagi continued to make its way toward Hong Kong and China's southern Guangdong province on Saturday, as it swept toward the South China Sea with strong winds and heavy rain battering parts of Taiwan and the Philippines...