Bearing a wind speed of 130 km/h, Typhoon Kalmaegi has crossed the northern Philippines as it heads towards Vietnam and China.
A fast-moving typhoon Kalmaegi, Typhoon Luis in Philippines, caused flash floods and landslides yesterday in Luzon, the northern of the three largest islands in the Philippines.
In the next 48 hours, as Kalmaegi emerges over the South China Sea, strengthening is likely to resume due to favorable environmental conditions. It is expected to cut through the South China Sea and eventually into China and then Vietnam, Tuesday into Wednesday.
Kalmaegi is the 12th weather disturbance that Philippines has battled this year. The calamity-prone Philippines battles almost 20 storms and typhoons every year.
Contribution to Monsoon in India
History of such storms suggest that after reaching the coastal areas of south China, they weaken but remnants of such systems come very close to northeastern parts of India and play an important role in building up of weather systems in the Bay of Bengal.
