Storm Kammuri has finally intensified into a Typhoon. Kammuri is currently in the open waters and for the next three days, it will remain slow, following a zig zag pattern, shifting a little northward. After three days, the typhoon will settle and further follow a westward course.
On the fifth day from today, Kammuri will come in proximity of Philippines, heading for Luzon. Cities including Manila is also expected to come under its radar.
Kammuri is expected to be one of the strongest storms and is definitely becoming a Cat 4 Typhoon, in the next few days. The storm will slowly keep on drifting northward and gathering strength due to the favourable conditions in the Western Pacific Ocean for about 36 hours, intensifying to Cat 3 Typhoon.
At the moment it is 11.7 degrees North and 139 degrees East. Presently, it is packed with winds of almost in excess of 130 kmph. After 36-48 hours, it will take a westerly course, and directly towards west. More surety regarding its course will come after its northward shift is completed. There is a possibility that Kammuri may even become a Super Typhoon.
Cat 4 Typhoons can be quite catastrophic. Moreover, earlier, a super typhoon Hyan, which in the Philippine waters, called Yolanda had hit Philippines on Nov 8, 2013. It was one of the strongest typhoons, that hit Philippines clocking wind speed gusting up to 313 kmph. The typhoon dropped rains of 300 mm in just 12 hours, with the wave height reaching beyond 7 meters.
Kammuri looks nothing short of that storm. Though, there are still 48 hours to determine the exact strength and devastating potential of the Typhoon but Kammuri seems to be gathering strength and may head towards Philippines.
These typhoons of the Pacific are immensely powerful at a speed of almost 60 km per hour, rotating and moving forward in motion, resembling large whirlpools.
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