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150 MPH Super Typhoon Sets Aim At Japan: Fukushima Near Center Of Forecast Track - “Expected To Intensify”

150 MPH Super Typhoon Sets Aim At Japan: Fukushima Near Center Of Forecast Track - “Expected To Intensify” | Before It's News

Accuweather
By Evan Duffey, Meteorologist
Jun 17, 2012; 11:32 AM ET

Guchol, a tropical cyclone in the western Pacific, rapidly strengthened Saturday afternoon, local time. Winds are now in excess of 150 mph, making Guchol a super typhoon, the highest classification for tropical cyclones in the western Pacific.

If Guchol were an Atlantic Hurricane, it would be considered a Category 5 storm.  

Super Typhoon Sets Aim at Japan

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