Taiwan is about to be slammed by this monster. Super Typhoon Krosa (17W) is a Category 4 cyclone making a direct path for Taiwan. It is also massive.
Krosa is packing 130 knot/150 mph/241 kmh winds with gust reaching 150 knots/173 mph/278 kmh.
The cyclone is currently moving northwesterly at about 12 knots/14 mph/22 kmh and expected to make a glancing landfall on Taiwan early Sunday morning as a Category 3 typhoon and then weaken to hit the area of mainland China around Shanghai as a Category 1 system early next week. Computer models agree with this assessment, for the most part, although they diverge
after initial landfall.What makes this storm particularly amazing is its size. It covers a huge area and the outer rain bands have already reached Taiwan.
This cyclone is likely to cause damage and severe flooding over an incredibly wide area.
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