‘Not encountering anything to weaken it’

Another tropical cyclone has the potential to become a super typhoon before hitting the northern Philippines starting this weekend. This comes just after the country’s central region was hit by a deadly typhoon earlier this week.

Typhoon Kalmaegi caused the death of at least 114 people as it ravaged the Philippines on Wednesday, November 5. Now the country is bracing for a tropical storm that forecasters expect will intensify into a major typhoon. It is expected to reach the northern tip of the island chain early Sunday morning.

Tropical Storm Fung-wong was packing winds of up to 50 mph, with winds of up to 46 mph near Yap, Micronesia. It moved west-northwestward at approximately 13 mph in the western Pacific Ocean early Thursday, November 6.

Forecasters to wait By Saturday morning, the storm’s maximum sustained winds will reach approximately 132 mph, with gusts as high as 161 mph.

Computer models show it is possible for the storm to reach super typhoon status before hitting the Philippines. A super typhoon is a tropical cyclone in the Pacific with sustained winds of at least 150 miles per hour. This is the equivalent of a high-end Category 4 hurricane.

Tropical Storm Fung-wong appears to be a storm poised to strengthen rapidly. Viewing the storm from a satellite 22,000 miles above Earth, it appears to have all the visual hallmarks of a well-organized tropical cyclone.

“Satellite images can help determine the strength, size and alignment of a storm.” noted New York Times. “The stronger the storm, the more likely it is that an eye will form in the center. If the eye looks symmetrical, that usually means the storm hasn’t encountered anything that could weaken it.”

The Philippines is still reeling from the devastating devastation caused by Typhoon Kalmaegi less than two days ago.

President Ferdinand R. Marcos Jr. declared A national state of disaster to accelerate relief and recovery efforts in typhoon-hit areas. Cebu was hardest hit, with at least 49 deaths reported there. The flood submerged a large part of the central island.

prediction way It is stated from the Joint Typhoon Warning Center that Tropical Storm Fung-wong is targeting Luzon. This is the largest and most populous island in the Philippines, and the storm will reach the island early Sunday. If the storm arrives as a super typhoon, it would be the second major typhoon to hit the Philippines in less than a week, after Typhoon Kalmaegi.

Overheating of our planet is warming the world’s oceans and extremely strengthening tropical cyclones. World Weather Citation scientists A warming planet in 2024 is likely to intensify the typhoon season in late 2024, it said. Half of the six major storms that hit the Philippines between late October and mid-November were major typhoons.

WWA researchers in question Our changing climate has increased the likelihood of such events.

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