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Title: Super Typhoon Goni smashes into a Philippines already suffering from pandemic and earlier storms
Post by: 240B on November 01, 2020, 02:43:34 pm

The Washington Post
By Regine Cabato and Jason Samenow
November 1, 2020 at 6:55 a.m. CST

In just a day’s time, Super Typhoon Goni transformed from an ordinary Pacific cyclone into the year’s most intense storm on the planet. The typhoon is on a beeline for the Philippines, where it is expected to roar ashore Sunday.

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A satellite view of Super Typhoon Goni in the western Pacific Ocean on Friday evening local time. (NOAA)


Goni’s explosive intensification occurred over the warm waters in the western Pacific Ocean. Its peak winds catapulted from just shy of 100 mph to nearly 180 mph between Thursday and Friday night local time.

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https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/asia_pacific/super-typhoon-goni-philippines/2020/11/01/f222d5e8-1b92-11eb-8bda-814ca56e138b_story.html